Changes to Social Distancing Measures in the Busan Area (from Mar. 21 to Apr. 3, 2022)
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Changes to social-distancing rules in the Busan area will be issued from March 21 until April 3, 2022.
The government will ease the limit on private gatherings to eight people from the current six while maintaining the 11 p.m. business curfew.
Eased Quarantine Measures against COVID-19
(Effective Monday, March 21 until Sunday, April 3, 2022)
Multi-use facilities (30 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) ▶ multi-rooms/DVD rooms ▶ internet cafes (PC bangs) ▶ sports stadiums(indoor) ▶ party rooms ▶ massage salons
▶ 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 ▶ Private academies ▶ study rooms and cafes ▶library ▶ movie theaters ▶ museums and art galleries
Other facilities (3 types) and religious facilities
▶ religious facilities ▶ call centers ▶ distribution and logistics centers
Restrictions on business hours effective until Apr. 4, 2022, 5:00 a.m.
Quarantine Measures for Prevention and Control (Common):
Required quarantine rules:
① Notice of quarantine measures, ② Wear a mask indoors and outdoors
③ Ventilate and disinfect regularly ,
④ Appoint a disease control and prevention supervisor
Gatherings/Events/Rallies
▶Private gatherings: Up to 8 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 (no more than 1.5x the number of players for sport games where the number of players consists of 9 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
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 23:00
Eating food is prohibited at colatecs and dance halls
(Recommendation) Keep a distance of at least 1m from each other
▶ Singing rooms (including coin singing rooms)
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 23:00
Eating food is prohibited
(Recommendation) Keep a distance of at least 1m from each other
▶ 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 23:00, velodromes, regattas and race courses: no restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: (bathhouses/saunas, indoor sports facilities, casinos) subsidiary facilities in the venue
(Recommendation) Keep a distance of at least 1m from each other
▶ Restaurants/cafes/bakeries (including unmanned cafes, convenience stores and hold’em pubs):
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 23:00
- Take-out and delivery only past 11 PM until 5:00 AM the next day
Eating food and providing an area to eat including outdoor tables are prohibited from 11 PM until 5:00 AM the next day.
(Eating food) No restrictions
(Recommendation) Prohibit dancing, prohibit moving between tables, keep a distance of at least 1m from each other
▶ Internet cafes (PC rooms), multi-purpose rooms, massage salons, party rooms:
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 23:00
(no restrictions on business hours of massage salons
Eating food is prohibited (except in party rooms)
※Exceptions for eating food: (PC rooms) partitions between seats
(Recommendation) Keep a distance of at least 1m from each other
▶ Indoor and outdoor sports stadium:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited (except for outdoor)
Ban on shouting or cheering
▶ Private academies
(Business Hours) from 05:00 until 23:00
(Private academies: Restrictions on business hours only for life-long vocational education and training facilities)
ventilate more than 3 times a day and disinfect daily
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Study rooms and cafes
(Business Hours) 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 23:00
(Capacity) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Amusement parks, water parks
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Movie theaters, concert halls
(Business hours) from 05:00 until 23:00
(Performances or movie screenings are prohibited from starting after 23:00 and ending after 1:00 a.m.)
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: subsidiary facilities in the venue
▶ Libraries, museums, art galleries, science halls:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
※Exceptions for eating food: (libraries, study rooms and cafes) separate place to eat
▶ Outdoor sports facilities
(Business Hours) No restrictions
The required number of players by sport ※ Gatherings of up to 1.5 times the number of players by sport to be allowed.
(Eating food) No restrictions
▶ Retail stores, marts and department stores(larger than 300㎡)
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
Ban on gathering for food-tasting and holding in-store promotional events that involve shouting
- Inspect for banned activities and events more than three times per day
▶ Exhibits and expos:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
▶ Barbershops/hair salons:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited
▶ International conferences and workshops:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) No restrictions
(Eating food) No restrictions
※ For eating food: comply with one of the following measures: ① Distance of 1 meter between tables; ② Empty seats/tables between seats/tables; ③ Install partitions between tables
▶ Wedding halls, ’doljanchi’, funeral homes
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Up to 299 people allowed, regardless of vaccination status against COVID-19
(Eating food) No restrictions
(Recommendation) (wedding halls, doljanchi) prohibit moving between tables (funeral homes) refrain from talking
▶ Direct sales (e.g., door-to-door sales) promotion centers:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
Eating food is prohibited (except water and non-alcohol beverage)
Ban on performance and singing
▶ Religious facilities:
(Business Hours) No restrictions
(Capacity) 70% of facility capacity (up to 299 participants will be allowed for events other than regular religious activities)
Eating food is prohibited
Prohibited from chanting or praying loudly
Holding small meetings (up to 8 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)
