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From today (18th), you can use large marts, academies and movie theaters nationwide without a quarantine pass. However, we have decided to maintain the youth quarantine pass policy that will be applied from March.



Reporter Park Soo-jin will explain the changed quarantine pass application guidelines in detail.



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From today, facilities that can be used without a quarantine pass, such as an inoculation certificate or PCR negative confirmation certificate, are available at reading rooms, study cafes, academies, department stores, large marts, museums, libraries, movie theaters, and concert halls, including 6 types, 135,000 nationwide. no see.



Department stores and hypermarkets were suspended only in Seoul due to a court decision last week, but they have been expanded nationwide to reduce confusion.



However, in-house restaurants and cafes must present the quarantine pass.



The government decided to revive the quarantine pass through an immediate appeal to some of the academies whose quarantine passes were already suspended due to a court decision.



This applies to wind instrument performance, singing, and acting academies where it is difficult to wear a mask.



Eating and drinking is continuously prohibited in movie theaters and performance halls, and the quarantine pass is applied as it is because it is difficult to manage non-regular venues such as convention centers where more than 50 people gather.



The quarantine pass is maintained for 11 industries, including restaurants, cafes, indoor sports facilities, PC rooms, and entertainment facilities.



It occupies 88% of the facilities that originally applied the quarantine pass.



The youth quarantine pass policy is maintained.



Although the court last week suspended the effect on youths in the Seoul area, the plan is to cancel the suspension as there is time until the enforcement in March.



This is because of the high rate of youth infection.



[Sohn Young-rae / Head of Social Strategy Team, Central Accident Remediation Headquarters: We expect that the court's judgment will be different because learning facilities related to the right to learning have been excluded from this measure.



] However, it is negative for the resurgence of the number of people limit per area.