Changes to Social Distancing Measures in the Busan Area (from Mar. 1, 2022 until further notice)
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Changes to social-distancing rules in the Busan area will be issued from March 1, 2022 until further notice.
Verifying COVID-19 vaccine pass (proof of full vaccination or a negative PCR test result) is temporarily halted as of March 1, 2022.
Apply for Validity Period of the COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate:
If you got your second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (or completed an applicable single-dose vaccination) on August 1, 2021, your vaccination status will be valid until January 28, 2022. For a safe Lunar New Year holiday, those who got their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (or the first shot of Janssen) in August 2021 are recommended to get their third shot before January 28, 2022. The status of someone receiving their booster shot would be designated as valid on the day of vaccination and would not have an expiration date.
Quarantine Measures for Prevention and Control (Common):
Required quarantine rules:
① Wear a mask indoors and outdoors, ② Maintaining a visitor's log is temporarily halted and verifying COVID-19 vaccine pass is also temporarily halted
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 (Capacity) No restrictions
Gatherings/Events/Rallies
▶Private gatherings: Up to 6 people, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
*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 / 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)
▶Other gatherings, events & rallies
- Rallies with less than 300 participants, regardless of vaccination against COVID-19 are allowed
(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.)
Multi-use facilities with mandatory vaccine pass system
※ Verifying COVID-19 vaccine pass (proof of full vaccination or a negative PCR test result) is temporarily halted as of March 1, 2022.
Ban on gatherings except during business hours.
▶ 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 22:00
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited at colatecs and dance halls
▶ Singing rooms (including coin singing rooms)
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
No restrictions on users
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, casinos: until 22:00, velodromes, regattas and race courses: no restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: (bathhouses/saunas, indoor sports facilities, casinos) subsidiary facilities in the venue
▶ Restaurants/cafes/bakeries (including unmanned cafes, convenience stores and hold’em pubs):
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
- Take-out and delivery only past 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day
Eating food and providing an area to eat including outdoor tables are prohibited from 10 PM until 5:00 AM the next day.
No restrictions on users
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Internet cafes (PC rooms), multi-purpose rooms, massage salons, party rooms:
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
(no restrictions on business hours of massage salons
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited (except in party rooms)
※Exceptions for eating food: (PC rooms) partitions between seats
▶ Indoor sports stadium:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited (except for fully vaccinated participants, etc.**)
Multi-use Facilities without restrictions of vaccine pass system
Ban on gatherings except during business hours.
▶ Private academies
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
(Private academies: Restrictions on business hours only for life-long vocational education and training facilities)
No restrictions on users
(Capacity) No restrictions
ventilate more than 3 times a day and disinfect daily
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Study rooms and cafes
(Business Hours) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
(Capacity) No restrictions
ventilate more than 3 times a day and disinfect daily
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: separate place to eat
▶ Game arcades
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
(Capacity) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Amusement parks, water parks
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Movie theaters, concert halls
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 22:00
(Performances or movie screenings are prohibited from starting after 21:00 and ending after midnight)
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: subsidiary facilities in the venue
▶ Libraries, museums, art galleries, science halls:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: (libraries, study rooms and cafes) separate place to eat
▶ Outdoor sports facilities, retail stores, marts and department stores(larger than 300㎡)
(Business Hours) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
(Capacity) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
Ban on gathering for food-tasting and holding in-store promotional events that involve shouting
▶ Exhibits and expos:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Barbershops/hair salons:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
▶ International conferences and workshops:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Wedding halls
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Up to 299 people allowed, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ ’doljanchi’, funeral homes
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Up to 299 people allowed, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Direct sales (e.g., door-to-door sales) promotion centers:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited (except water and non-alcohol beverage)
Ban on performance and singing
▶ Religious facilities:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions on regular religious activities (up to 299 participants will be allowed for religious events)
No restrictions on users
Eating food is prohibited
Prohibited from chanting or praying loudly
Holding small meetings (up to 6 people) or choir is allowed
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)
