Tightened Social Distancing Measures in the Busan Area (from Dec. 18, 2021 to Jan. 2, 2022)
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The government has decided to tighten social-distancing rules effective from Saturday, December 18, 2021 amid surging COVID-19 cases.
Reinforced Quarantine Measures
(Effective Saturday, December 18, 2021 until Sunday, January 2, 2022)
Multi-use facilities with mandatory vaccine pass system (16 types)
▶ Entertainment facilities (bars, including night clubs and room salons, karaoke bars, pubs, hunting pochas), ’Colatecs’ (Korean-style cabaret) and dance halls ▶ casinos (except casinos designated for foreigners) ▶ singing rooms (including coin singing rooms) ▶ bathhouses/saunas ▶ indoor sports facilities ▶ velodromes, regattas and race courses (national and public facilities) ▶ restaurants/cafes/bakeries (including unmanned cafes, convenience stores and street vendors) ▶ Private academies ▶ movie theaters ▶ study rooms and cafes ▶ multi-rooms/DVD rooms ▶ internet cafes (PC bangs) ▶ sports stadiums(indoor) ▶ museums and art galleries ▶ party rooms ▶library ▶ massage salons
Multi-use facilities without mandatory vaccine pass system (14 types)
▶ wedding halls ▶ funeral homes ▶ sports stadiums(outdoor) ▶ amusement parks/water parks ▶ game arcades ▶ retail stores, mart, department stores (larger than 300㎡) ▶ outdoor sports facilities ▶ accommodation ▶kids café ▶ ’doljanchi’ specialized venues ▶ exhibits and expos ▶international conferences and workshops ▶ barbershops/hair salons ▶ direct sales (e.g., door-to-door sales) promotion centers
Other facilities (2 types) and religious facilities
▶ religious facilities ▶ call centers ▶ distribution and logistics centers
1) Grant vaccine pass exemptions for people born after Jan. 1, 2010 (effective on Feb. 1, 2022) (No exception for people born before Dec. 31, 2009)
2) Validity Period of the COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate (Effective on Jan. 3, 2022)
3) Exclusive operation of handwritten entry log for multi-use facilities with mandatory vaccine pass system is prohibited. Mandatory QR code-based entry log or call entry log (grace period: Dec. 6 to Dec. 19)
4) Restrictions on business hours effective from Dec. 18, 2021, 00:00 until Jan. 3, 2022, 5:00 a.m.
Quarantine Measures for Prevention and Control (Common):
Required quarantine rules:
① Wear a mask indoors and outdoors, ② Keep a visitor log,
③ Ventilate regularly (more than 3 times per day),
④ Disinfect regularly (more than one time per day), ⑤ Appoint a disease control and prevention supervisor, ⑥ Public notice of quarantine measures for prevention and control, and facility capacity
Gatherings/Events/Rallies
▶Private gatherings: Up to 4 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
(Restaurants and Cafes): Up to 4 people (Unvaccinated individuals are allowed to enter restaurants and cafes alone or use take-out or delivery services.)
*Except when immediate family are gathering, when a person is about to pass away requiring the family to gather (including long-distance family gatherings during vacation, weekends and more); when it is required for the care of children under 12, the elderly, or the disabled (the number of care-givers); when employees of multi-use facilities gather (except employees of entertainment facilities) ; when people gather for games at outdoor sports facilities (no more than 1.5x the number of players for each sport (only add fully vaccinated people)
※ fully vaccinated participants*: People who are vaccinated against COVID-19 include those who have passed 14 days since getting their second dose of the vaccine or completed an applicable single-dose vaccination.
※ fully vaccinated participants, etc.**: Those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, who have a negative result from a PCR test within 48 hours, who have fully recovered from COVID-19, who are not subject to inoculation due to medical reasons with proof of a doctor's note, or people aged 18 or younger.
To curb the spread of the coronavirus among youths, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency will lower the exemption age for the vaccine pass from 18 or younger to 11 or younger. With the change, youths aged 12 to 18 are subject to the vaccine pass. It will take effect on February 1, 2022 after an 8-week grace period.
▶Other gatherings, events & rallies
- Rallies with less than 50 participants, regardless of vaccination against COVID-19 are allowed
- Rallies with less than 300 participants only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
(Ban on rallies with more than 300 participants)
Eating food is prohibited (Exception: when eating at the event is inevitably necessary such as all-day or sleep-over event, all participants have to be fully vaccinated)
Multi-use facilities with mandatory vaccine pass system
※ Exclusive operation of handwritten entry log is prohibited.
▶ Entertainment facilities (bars, including night clubs and room salons, karaoke bars, pubs, hunting pochas), ’Colatecs’ (Korean-style cabaret) and dance halls
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 21:00
(Capacity) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited at colatecs and dance halls
Only people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or fully recovered from COVID-19 are allowed to use the facilities
※Mandatory QR code-based entry log or call entry log (handwritten entry log is prohibited.)
▶ Singing rooms (including coin singing rooms)
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 21:00
(Capacity) No restrictions
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Bathhouses/saunas, indoor sports facilities, velodromes, regattas and race courses, casinos (except casinos designated for foreigners)
(Business Hours) Bathhouses/saunas, indoor sports facilities: until 21:00, casinos: until 22:00, velodromes, regattas and race courses: no restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: (bathhouses/saunas, indoor sports facilities, casinos) subsidiary facilities in the venue
※ Velodromes, regattas and race tracks, casinos: mandatory QR code-based entry log (handwritten entry log is prohibited.)
▶ Restaurants/cafes/bakeries (including unmanned cafes, convenience stores and hold’em pubs):
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 21:00
- Take-out and delivery only past 9 PM until 5:00 AM the next day
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use (Unvaccinated individuals are allowed to enter restaurants and cafes alone or use take-out or delivery services.)
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Movie theaters, concert halls, internet cafes (PC rooms), private academies, multi-purpose rooms, massage salons, party rooms:
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
(Private academies: Restrictions on business hours only for life-long vocational education and training facilities)
(Capacity) No restrictions
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use
Eating food is prohibited (except in party rooms)
※Exceptions for eating food: (movie theaters/concert halls) subsidiary facilities in the venue (PC rooms) partitions between seats
▶ Indoor sports stadium:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use
Eating food is prohibited (except for fully vaccinated participants, etc.**)
▶ Study rooms and cafes, libraries, museums, art galleries, science halls:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: (libraries, study rooms and cafes) separate place to eat
Multi-use Facilities without restrictions of vaccine pass system
▶ Game arcades
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
Limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡)
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Amusement parks, water parks
(Business Hours) No restrictions
50% of facility capacity
No restrictions on users
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Outdoor sports facilities, retail stores, mart, department store
(Business Hours) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
No limit on the number of people
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Exhibits and expos:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Comply with one of the following measures:
① Less than 100 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
② Less than 500 people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
③ Limit on the number of people (1 person/6㎡) and a required negative test result for staff in each booth
Eating food is prohibited
▶ International conferences and workshops:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Keep one seat empty between seats
Comply with one of the following measures:
① Less than 100 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
② Less than 500 people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
※ For international conferences, keeping two seats empty between fixed seats
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Wedding halls
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Eating food) No restrictions
Limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡)
Comply with one of the following measures: ① Distance of 1 meter between tables; ② Keep one seat empty between seats; ③ Install partitions between tables
Comply with one of the following measures:
① Less than 50 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
② 50 or more but less than 300 people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
※ For weddings, the following is applicable - up to 250 people allowed, regardless of catering (up to 250 people, including 201 fully vaccinated will be allowed to attend weddings.)
▶ ’doljanchi’, funeral homes
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Eating food) No restrictions
Limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡)
Comply with one of the following measures: ① Distance of 1 meter between tables; ② Keep one seat empty between seats; ③ Install partitions between tables
Comply with one of the following measures:
① Less than 50 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
② 50 or more but less than 300 people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
▶ Religious facilities:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
30% of facility capacity (up to 299 participants)
70% of facility capacity only including fully vaccinated participants
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
Prohibited from chanting or praying loudly
Holding small meetings or choir is allowed when it includes only fully vaccinated people
Businesses considered high-risk:
▶ Call centers: notice of quarantine measures to all employees
▶ Distribution and logistics centers: notice of quarantine measures to all employees
For more detailed guidelines, please visit our website at https://www.busan.go.kr/covid19/Prevention07.do (Korean)
