What is the ‘indoor’ standard to wear a mask after the 2nd of next month?

[이데일리 양희동 기자] As the government lifted the obligation to wear an outdoor mask from the 2nd of next month, interest in the division of indoor and outdoor masks that must be worn is growing. If you are outdoors, you can take off your mask unless you are attending a rally, performance, or sports event in which 50 or more people attend, but indoors, if you do not wear a mask in the future, a fine of 100,000 won will be imposed. The government stipulates that a space with a roof and closed on all sides is an indoor space. Even if there is a roof, more than one side is open, so if natural ventilation is possible, it is considered outdoor.

Jung Eun-kyung (Picture) The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said in a regular briefing on the 29th, “The definition of an outdoor building is an enclosed indoor building with a ceiling and walls.”

The Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters (Bandboard), in the guidelines for observing the mask wearing quarantine guidelines and imposing fines It is described as meaning all structures.

Park Hye-kyung, head of the quarantine support team at Bang Dae-bon, said, “Among the buildings under the building law, those with roofs or ceilings and those with all sides blocked have been used as indoors. Before entering, it is strongly recommended to wear a mask if the distance is not more than 1m when lining up in crowded outdoors.”

In the case of the subway, it was divided into an indoor space in the basement and a train station with an outdoor platform.

Director Park Hye-kyung said, “Means of transportation such as the subway are considered indoors, so you must wear a mask while traveling on the subway. At subway stations with platforms with natural ventilation, the mask may be removed, but if you take the subway, you will have to wear it again.” He added, “If two or more sides are open to allow natural ventilation, it can be regarded as an outdoor building. .