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From next Monday, you can take off your mask outside.

Some of the mandatory mask measures will be lifted after a year and a half, but even if you are outdoors, you must wear a mask when you go to a rally, performance, or sports event where more than 50 people gather.

In addition, although it is not obligatory, there are times when it is recommended to wear it.



Reporter Park Soo-jin reports.



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is Yeonnam-dong, Seoul.



The streets are bustling with people, but few are taking their masks off.



Now, even in outdoor parks like this, wearing a mask is compulsory if the distance is less than 2m.



But starting next Monday, taking off the mask like this is not subject to punishment.



However, the duty to wear a mask remains at gatherings, performances, and sports venues where more than 50 people gather.



This is because the density is high and there is a high risk of the spread of droplets due to shouts and choruses.



Although it is not compulsory, the government recommends that you wear a mask if possible, although it is not compulsory for people with suspected corona symptoms, the elderly, high-risk groups such as those who have not been vaccinated, and outdoor facilities or outdoors where a distance of more than 1m cannot be maintained.



[Lee Hwanhee / Dongjak-gu, Seoul: I think it would have been okay if I took it off a little earlier.]



[Sieon Lee/Gangnam-gu, Seoul: I think it’s still too early because there are going to be more people who don’t keep it indoors.]



Working outdoors It is also a concern for workers to take off immediately.



[Environmental sanitation agency: It seems a bit early, but there are people who still get it.]



The takeover committee, which was supposed to decide whether to remove the outdoor mask at the end of next month, showed inconvenience.



[Ahn Cheol-soo/Acquisition Chairperson: Isn't it a bit hasty judgment?

Rather, it is not that the current government is trying to blame it (there is a concern.)] The



quarantine authorities said that the measure was taken in consideration of the recent decrease in epidemics and overseas cases.



[Jung Eun-kyung / Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: I did not judge it politically.

What we announced today is not a pre-declaration that there is no need for outdoor masks.] The



government maintained the obligation to wear indoor masks, but the transition committee also explained that the removal of indoor masks could be possible if there is no fashion in September or October of this year.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong, Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Kim Ho-jin, CG: Ban So-hee, VJ: Shin So-young)



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