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Court rejects application for suspension of enforcement of quarantine pass for restaurants, cafes, karaoke, etc.

Members of the National Litigation Association Against Vaccine Pass and the National Association of Parents hold a press conference urging the government to immediately release the quarantine pass in front of the Incheon District Court in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, on the 27th. yunhap newsThe court rejected all applications for suspension of execution by parent groups who requested the suspension of the government’s quarantine pass (inoculation certificate, voice confirmation system) policy.

The 8th administrative division of the Seoul Administrative Court (Chief Judge Lee Jong-hwan) rejected the application for suspension of execution filed by the National Federation of Parents Organizations and the National Lawsuit Against Vaccine Pass against the mayor of Seoul on the 27th.

The court said, “Adding to the current situation, where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is rapidly increasing due to the spread of the Omicron virus, the public interest that even unvaccinated persons should use a quarantine pass as a temporary measure to control the number of seriously ill patients by restricting the use of multiple facilities. It is difficult to deny that there is an enemy need,” he said.

On the 17th, a notice about the quarantine pass was placed at a restaurant in Seoul.  Reporter Lee Han-hyungOn the 17th, a notice about the quarantine pass was placed at a restaurant in Seoul. Reporter Lee Han-hyungIt was pointed out that restaurants, cafes, karaoke rooms, indoor sports facilities, and bathhouses all had relatively high infection rates. It was considered that some facilities are difficult to ventilate, and especially karaoke rooms are highly susceptible to infection when visitors use microphones together. He explained why it is difficult to see multi-rooms, PC rooms, and sports stadiums as essential facilities for living a basic life.

This is the fourth court decision regarding the vaccine pass, and the subject of this application for suspension of execution is 11 types of facilities, including restaurants, cafes, and karaoke rooms, except for the 6 types that have been lifted by the government. Previously, the 8th Administrative Division accepted some applications from the Private Education Association, etc. and suspended the application of the quarantine pass to academies, reading rooms, and study cafes across the country. · The effectiveness of the quarantine pass applied to department stores has been suspended, and for teenagers aged 12 to 18, the effectiveness of the quarantine pass for all 17 types of facilities has been suspended.