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There must be many people who have postponed the year-end meeting due to social distancing, but it seems that it will not be easy for the New Year to hold a New Year's meeting in the new year as well. The quarantine authorities announced that they would extend the current distance for two more weeks and apply the quarantine pass to department stores and hypermarkets in the future.
Correspondent Kim Deok-hyun.
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A large supermarket in Seoul.
You can enter after registering for access by phone or QR code authentication.
After 9 days, the process of checking the quarantine pass will be added.
The government decided to apply the quarantine pass to department stores and large marts, which had raised concerns about equity in 16 industries.
Excluding small supermarkets and convenience stores, about 2,000 nationwide stores with an area of more than 3,000 square meters are eligible.
If you are not inoculated, you will need a PCR-negative certificate, etc., but from the 17th after the guidance period, a fine for negligence will be imposed.
On the other hand, movie theaters and concert halls are somewhat relaxed.
We have changed from open until 10 p.m. to 9 p.m., but the business hours must not exceed midnight.
[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: Considering the fact that there is a big setback in operation due to the 2-3 hour screening or performance time, wearing a mask, and the low risk.]
Except for this, limited business hours at 9 or 10 pm and private gatherings 4 name is maintained.
The current distance is being extended for two more weeks until the 16th, because quarantine indicators such as the number of severe cases and deaths are still uneasy.
The government also decided to actively review measures to remove quarantine measures in stages when the quarantine situation stabilizes in two weeks.
From next week, the quarantine pass will also have an expiration date of 6 months after the completion of vaccination.
In order to certify the validity period of the quarantine pass, the information must be updated to display the date elapsed after the second vaccination.