Changes to Social Distancing Guidelines and Measures in Busan Area
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The Busan Metropolitan City has made changes using an administrative order regarding social distancing guidelines and measures in the Busan area.
Social Distancing Level in Busan Area: Level 2 (with some enhanced quarantine measures)
(Effective Monday, February 8 until Sunday, February 14, 2021)
-Major changes
The City has eased the suspension of hours of operation on the following multi-use facilities.
The facilities are able to operate until 10PM. It was previously set at 9PM.
Multi-use facilities:
Suspension of operations after 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day
Door-to-door sales and direct sales promotion halls, singing rooms, indoor standing performance halls, restaurants/cafes (including unmanned cafes, indoor sports facilities, private academies, job training centers, study rooms and cafes, convenience stores, street vendors, party rooms
The city government will impose a “one-strike-out” rule on the following facilities. A violation of the quarantine rules even once will immediately result in operations being shut down.
Quarantine Measures for Prevention and Control
Required quarantine rules: wear a mask indoors, keep a visitor log, maintain 2-meter distancing among facility users, ventilate and disinfect regularly, limit on the number of facility users
1. Gatherings/Events
Private gatherings:
Private gatherings of 5 or more persons are prohibited
*Except when a family who is living in the same space is gathering; when it is required for the care of children, the elderly, or the disabled; when a person is about to pass away requiring the family to gather
– Reservations or entrance of 5 or more persons to multi-purpose facilities, including restaurants are prohibited
Other gatherings & events
– Gatherings or events of 100 or more persons at weddings, funerals, and commemorative events are prohibited
*Excludes mandatory business activities by public officials and enterprises; gatherings for examinations allowed with less than 100 persons in attendance in separate spaces
– Gatherings for exhibitions, fairs and international conferences limited to one person per 4㎡ (standard for prohibited gatherings of 100 or more persons does not apply)
2. Multi-use Facilities
▷ Priority facilities: Comply with mandatory quarantine measures (wear a mask, keep visitor log (excluding department stores, marts, shops), disinfect and ventilate more than twice per day)
The city government will impose a “one-strike-out” rule on priority facilities. A violation of the quarantine rules even once will immediately result in operations being shut down.
A ban on gatherings in the 5 types of entertainment facilities (bars, including night clubs and room salons, colatecs (Korean-style cabaret), karaoke bars, pubs, hunting pochas)
Door-to-door sales and direct sales promotion halls: Suspension of operations after 10PM until 5AM the next day, no eating (water and non-alcoholic beverages allowed) and singing, limit on the number of people (1 person/8㎡)
Singing rooms: Suspension of operations after 10PM until 5:00 AM the next day, No eating (water and non-alcoholic beverages allowed), limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡), rooms must be immediately disinfected after use and then can be used 30 minutes later (Keep a register of customers).
Indoor standing performance halls: Suspension of operations after 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day, no eating (water and non-alcoholic beverages allowed), standing is prohibited, keep a 2-meter (at least 1 meter) distance between seats
Restaurants/cafes (including unmanned cafes): Take-out and delivery only past 10PM until 5AM the next day
When more than two customers order only coffee, a beverage or dessert menu item, they will be strongly recommended to stay for up to an hour only.
For facilities larger than 50㎡, use only 50% of its seats and tables by keeping empty ones or observe one of the following measures: ① 1-meter distance between tables; ② Installment of partitions between tables
Buffets: Use of plastic gloves or hand sanitizers before and after use of tongs, plates, and utensils; keep distance between users in line for food.
Hold’em pubs (card game pubs): Suspension of operations
▷ Regular facilities: Limit on the number of people and comply with mandatory quarantine measures (wear a mask, keep a log of visitors, disinfect and ventilate)
- Indoor sports facilities: Suspension of operations after 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day, limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡), Eating food is prohibited (water, non-alcohol beverage is permitted).
- Outdoor winter sports facilities (including ice rinks, snow sledding trails, and ski resorts):
Suspension of operations after 9 PM until 5:00 AM the next day; limit on number of users to 1/3 of capacity; suspension of operations of all restaurants, cafes, and shuttle buses
- Wedding halls, funeral halls: Limit on the number of people to less than 100, keep a 2-meter (at least 1-meter) distance in the facility
- Bathhouses: Limit on the number of people (1 person/8㎡), eating food is prohibited.
- Movie theaters: Keep one seat empty between customers (sitting next to a companion is permitted), eating food is prohibited.
- Concert halls: Keep two seats empty between seats, eating food is prohibited
- PC rooms: All customers will also be required to sit apart from one another, no eating (water and non-alcoholic beverages allowed).
- Multi-rooms/DVD rooms: Limit on the number of people (1 person/8㎡), eating food is prohibited
- Private academies (excluding study rooms), Job training centers:
Comply with one of the following measures: ① Limit on the number of people (1 person/8㎡) or keep two empty seats between seats; ② Limit the number of people (1 person/4㎡) or keep one empty seat between seats and suspend operations after 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day
No eating (water and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed), job training centers with training courses over 80 hours per month must comply with the same quarantine measures as restaurants
- Study rooms and cafes: Group rooms up to 50% capacity (suspension of operation after 10 PM); keep one seat empty between seats; eating food is prohibited
- Amusement and water parks: Limit on number of users to 1/3 of capacity
- Barbershops/hair salons: Limit on the number of people (1 person/8㎡) or keep two seats empty between customers.
- Department stores·large supermakets: Visitor temperature checks, ban on gathering of events, food-tasting, using customer rest areas
- Retail stores other than department stores and large supermarkets (larger than 300 ㎡): Mandatory to wear a face mask
- Convenience stores are only permitted take-out and delivery past 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day (eating food and providing an area to eat including outdoor tables are prohibited).
- Street vendors are only permitted take-out and delivery past 10 PM. until 5:00 AM the next day (eating food is prohibited).
▷ National and public facilities: Suspended operations of velodromes, regattas, racecourses, and casinos; Number of people limited to 30% capacity
▷ Social welfare facilities: Number of people limited to 50% capacity (up to 100 people); Operating under strict quarantine measures.
※Facilities’ operations shall be partially suspended and only provide emergency care in consideration of increasing virus cases within a region or the risk/disinfection situation at facilities
3. Daily Life and Social & Economic Activities
▷ Mandatory to wear a face mask
Mandatory at all indoor facilities and high risk outdoor activities; administrative fines to be imposed for violations
▷ Sports activities: Limited spectators (10%)
▷Use of public transportation: Mandatory to wear a face mask
Residents in the metropolitan area are strongly advised to refrain from visiting other regions for the purpose of travel or business trips
▷School: 1/3 of student capacity recommended (2/3 for high school)
▷Religious activities: In-person worship services (i.e. Christian, Catholic, Buddhist, Cheondoist) at less than 20 percent seat capacity, but prohibited from holding meetings and providing meals.
▷Work Pattern:
Working from home recommended for a proportion of workers per organization/division (e.g: 1/3 of employees)
Mandatory wearing of face masks in businesses considered high-risk (distribution and logistics centers, call centers)
Other Activities
- Accommodations: Number of room reservations limited to 2/3 room capacity; a ban on gatherings for events and parties hosted at accommodation venues; prohibited from exceeding capacity of people in one room
- Party rooms: Suspension of operations after 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day; limit on the number of people (1 person/8㎡), no eating (water and non-alcoholic beverages are allowed).
- Sales businesses with experiential activities and briefing sessions (regardless of being registered or unregistered): Ban on briefing sessions; ban on close contact between salespeople and customers during experiential activities.
Violations of the quarantine rules: Fines of up to 100,000 won for individual violators and up to 3 million won for facility managers, business owners and operators.
[Classification of Multi-use Facilities]
‘Priority’ Facilities (9 types)
▶ Bars, including night clubs and room salons, colatecs (Korean-style cabaret), karaoke bars, pubs, hunting pocha
▶ Singing rooms, indoor standing performance halls, direct sales (e.g., door-to-door sales) promotion centers
▶ restaurants/cafes/bakeries
“Regular’ Facilities (14 types)
▶ Internet cafes (PC bangs), wedding halls, funeral homes, private academies, job training centers
▶ bathhouses/saunas, concert halls, movie theaters, amusement parks/water parks, multi-rooms/DVD rooms
▶ Indoor sports facilities, barbershops/hair salons, shops·marts·department stores, study rooms and cafes
For more detailed guidelines, please visit our website at https://www.busan.go.kr/covid19/Prevention07.do (Korean)
