Tightened Social Distancing Measures in the Busan Area Extended for Two More Weeks until Jan. 16, 2022
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The tighten social-distancing rules, including additional enhanced quarantine measures for the Busan area, has been extended for two more weeks until Sunday, January 16, 2022.
Reinforced Quarantine Measures
(Effective Monday, January 3 until Sunday, January 16, 2022)
Multi-use facilities with mandatory vaccine pass system (17 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 ▶ retail stores, mart, department stores (large scale stores and agricultural and marine product distribution centers larger than 3,000㎡)
Multi-use facilities without mandatory vaccine pass system (13 types)
▶ wedding halls ▶ funeral homes ▶ sports stadiums(outdoor) ▶ amusement parks/water parks ▶ game arcades ▶ 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 (3 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 March 1, 2022) (grace period: Mar. 1 to Mar. 31, 2022)
2) Validity Period of the COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate (Effective on Jan. 3, 2022)
3) Quarantine measures on department stores and marts (larger than 3,000㎡) effective on Jan. 10, 2022 log (grace period: Jan. 10 to Jan. 16)
4) Restrictions on business hours effective until Jan. 17, 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 indoor and outdoor sports facilities (outdoor sports facilities: no more than 1.5x the number of players for each sport (only add fully vaccinated people / indoor sports facilities: ban on gatherings of up to 1.5 times the number of players for sport games where the number of players consists of 5 or more on each team)
※ 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.
▶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
Eating food and providing an area to eat including outdoor tables are prohibited from 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
(no restrictions on business hours of massage salons / movie theaters and concert halls: performances or movie screenings are prohibited from starting after 21:00 and ending after midnight)
(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
▶ Large mart and department stores:
including large scale stores and agricultural and marine product distribution centers larger than 3,000㎡ (except traditional markets)
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Fully vaccinated participants, etc.** are allowed to use
Ban on gathering for food-tasting
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 and mart (except stores larger than 3,000㎡)
(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)
Less than 50 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19, Limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡)
No limit on the number of people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Barbershops/hair salons:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity)
Limit on the number of people (1 person/4㎡)
No limit on the number of people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
Eating food is prohibited
▶ International conferences and workshops:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity)
Less than 50 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19, keep one seat empty between seats or distance of 1 meter between seats
No limit on the number of people only including fully vaccinated participants, etc.**
(Eating food) No restrictions
※ 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 (ban on buffet service)
▶ Wedding halls
(Business Hours) 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.)
(Eating food) No restrictions
※ 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
▶ ’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 (up to 4 people) 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)
