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From today (18th), you can go to large marts or department stores without a quarantine pass. However, you must have a quarantine pass to go to restaurants or cafes inside. The authorities are planning to expand the number of exceptions to the quarantine pass in the future, but they explained that pregnant women are not an exception.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun will tell you the details.



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is a large mart in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.



At the entrance, QR code check-in and safety calls are still provided, but it does not prevent entry without a quarantine pass.



[(Isn’t the quarantine pass finished?) The quarantine pass is over.]



You can use the mart like this without a quarantine pass such as proof of vaccination or PCR negative confirmation.



However, you still need to present your quarantine pass to use the restaurants or cafes inside the mart.



Also check the validity period of the quarantine pass.



You can use the movie theater without checking whether you have been vaccinated, but you are not allowed to eat or drink.



Some people welcomed the cancellation of the quarantine pass, and some responded that they were confused by the frequently changing policy.



[Choi Woo-chan / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: I'm actually confused. It's not maintained all the time, but (the quarantine pass) has changed... The number of people changed, the location changed, the time changed, and so on, unless you are interested and look for it, what will happen and what will not work (I don't know.)]



There are 6 types of quarantine pass release facilities: reading rooms, study cafes, private institutes, department stores and large marts, museums and libraries, movie theaters, and performance halls.



The fine for negligence was to be imposed only for intentionally violating the quarantine pass.



The day after tomorrow, we will announce an improvement plan that more broadly recognizes those who are exempt from the quarantine pass for health reasons.



However, for pregnant women, it is difficult to recognize a medical exception, saying that there is a high risk of corona infection and there have been reports of deaths without vaccination.



(Video editing: Seung-Yeol Lee, VJ: Se-Kwan Oh)



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