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As the quarantine pass is applied to large marts, there are voices asking whether people who are not vaccinated can no longer go to the grocery store. Not only that, some people say they can't go to the hospital they usually go to because they are inside a large shopping mall.



The controversies surrounding the quarantine pass were pointed out by reporter Han Seong-hee.



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[We are humans, not hosts. (Human!) Against the vaccine pass! (No!)]



A large supermarket in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, and a civic group try to enter without a quarantine pass.



Mart staff will stop you.



[Please check the vaccine pass. (You have not received the vaccine.) Starting next Monday, if you do not check the vaccination, you will not be able to enter.]



With the introduction of quarantine passes in department stores and large marts, shopping is not the only thing that has become inconvenient.



Mo Kim, 42, who is not vaccinated, can no longer comfortably go to the hospital he has been in for three years.



This is because the hospital is located inside a large shopping mall where the quarantine pass has been introduced.



[Mr. Kim / Unvaccinated: Hospitals in large shopping malls have a lot of patients. As the quarantine pass was applied, there were cases where those who were not vaccinated could no longer use it at all… .]



Mr. Kim in his 30s has been raising a three-month-old daughter and delaying vaccinations.



[Mr. A/Non-vaccinated: I am breastfeeding, so I am unable to receive the vaccine.

Starting today, I can't even go to the mart, so I think I'm getting more and more isolated at home.]



Controversy over the equity of the quarantine pass is also continuing.



Users of department stores and large marts are required to authenticate the quarantine pass, but the staff dealing with customers do not need the quarantine pass.



The quarantine authority explained, "We did not apply the quarantine pass because there is a possibility that facility workers will be disadvantaged in terms of employment."



The quarantine pass does not apply to religious facilities where hundreds of people gather or kids cafes where you can eat.



(Video coverage: Jung Sung-hwa, Kim Yu-chan CJB, video editing: Kim Jong-mi, CG: Kim Kyung-min)