The government has decided to extend the current social distancing stage (2.5 steps in the metropolitan area and 2 steps in the non-capital area) by two weeks, and maintain the ban on meetings of more than 5 people and restrictions on business operations after 9 pm. However, multi-use facilities such as gyms, karaoke rooms, and academies are conditionally allowed to operate, and the operation of cafes and religious facilities is also relaxed.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun presided over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters at the Seoul Government Complex on the 16th and announced the policy to adjust the distance.
Prime Minister Chung said, “The multi-use facilities, such as health clubs and academy singing practice centers, that had to be closed will resume operation under the condition of applying strict quarantine rules.”
He added, “The places where there were many opinions that the quarantine standards were excessive, such as cafes and religious facilities, are reasonably supplemented.”
Prohibition of’private gatherings for more than 5 people’ nationwide (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jin-wook Lee = The government is extending’social distance’ and’special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year’ by two weeks until the 17th to curb the increase in Corona 19 patients. At the same time, the ban on’private gatherings for more than 5 people’, which was applied only to the metropolitan area, was extended to the whole country from the 4th to block group infections with various small groups. The photo shows a restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul. 2021.1.4 [email protected] (End)
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