We will take off our outdoor masks from tomorrow… It must be worn at gatherings and performances with more than 50 people.

Masks continue on public transport… It is recommended to wear it for symptomatic and non-vaccinated persons

Removal of mandatory wearing in 566 days… “According to the situation, you should practice wearing autonomously”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seo-young Kim = From the 2nd, it will be possible to walk outdoors without a mask in parks and other places.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 1st, until now, if a 2m distance was not possible indoors as well as outdoors, a mask had to be worn.

Even at school, you can take off your mask when taking physical education classes in an outdoor playground.

As the epidemic of COVID-19 has shown a clear decline and quarantine and medical responses have stabilized, it is left to the choice of wearing a mask to determine the risk of infection according to each situation.

However, due to the nature of events such as gatherings of 50 or more or performances and sports events with more than 50 spectators, the density of the event is high, and droplets (droplets) are easy to spread through shouts or choruses.

In addition to the compulsory wearing conditions, ▲ people with symptoms suspected of COVID-19 such as fever and cough ▲ high-risk groups for COVID-19, such as the elderly, immunocompromised, chronic respiratory disease patients, and unvaccinated people ▲ Sports with less than 50 people, games and viewing halls, amusement parks, water parks, etc. Outdoor multi-use facilities with seating for more than 50 people, such as amusement park facilities, sports facilities, etc. ▲ Wear an outdoor mask when it is difficult to keep a distance of at least 1m from others for 15 minutes or more in a large crowd, or when there is a lot of splashes such as shouts and choruses is strongly recommended

The duty to wear a mask indoors continues.

Accordingly, transportation means such as buses, taxis, trains, ships, aircraft, and other vehicles, buildings, and all structures separated from the outside by dividing them in all directions must follow the guidelines for wearing a mask. Violation of this may result in a fine for negligence as before.

If two or more sides are open, such as an outdoor train platform, so natural ventilation can be achieved, it is considered outdoor.

Among indoor spaces, it is recommended to wear a KF80 or higher health mask when visiting a 3-mil (closed, dense, close) facility or a facility vulnerable to infection, such as a nursing home or nursing home.

The government emphasized, “This relaxation of the obligation to wear an outdoor mask limits the places and circumstances where fines are imposed.” .

Following the lifting of social distancing measures such as restrictions on private gatherings and business hours on the 18th of last month, the obligation to wear an outdoor mask also disappeared, bringing us closer to ‘recovery of daily life’.

Mandatory use of masks at the government level began on October 13, 2020. As of the 2nd, it is the first time in 566 days as of the 2nd, that the mandatory mask measures will be lifted.

If you include the period when citizens wore masks to prevent the spread of infection, it is well over two years.

There has been a shortage of masks in various places since February 2020, during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. Mask prices soared and sold out online and offline, leading to a nationwide ‘mask crisis’.

In response, the government temporarily restricted the export of masks, introduced the ‘public mask system’, and implemented a ‘five mask system’, which allows each person to purchase two masks per week only on designated days according to the year of birth. .

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