From January 30, wearing a mask indoors has been changed to a ‘recommendation’, but it is mandatory to wear it in facilities open to infection, medical institutions, pharmacies and public transport.
In addition, medical institutions must wear a mask when outsiders are present, even in single-person rooms. You don’t have to wear it in bus terminals, subway stations, train stations, etc., but you do have to wear it when getting on buses and subways.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has provided specific guidelines on the cases where masks are mandatory and those where masks are not required for each facility.
Among facilities susceptible to infection, residential facilities do not have to wear them in areas where residents or inmates do not need to enter and exit, such as office buildings and dormitories, but they do have to be worn in areas under yes others.
Inpatients and residents do not have to wear it when they are with their fellow residents in private areas such as bedrooms and hospital rooms, but they must wear it when they are with outsiders, such as facility workers and visitors.
Facilities susceptible to infection include nursing hospitals, long-term care facilities, mental health institutions with closed wards (except some institutions), mental nursing facilities, mental rehabilitation facilities, facilities with a capacity of more than 10 people, and facilities welfare for the disabled. , etc. to be.
Medical institutions are not required to wear it in areas where health and medical service users do not need to enter, such as office buildings, research buildings, and dormitories, but they must wear it indoors.
For example, if the entire basement floor of a hospital building contains only a funeral hall and users of healthcare services do not need to enter, the floor is not compulsory to wear.
It does not need to be worn when an inpatient is alone in a single room or with a resident carer or guardian. However, even if you are in a one-person hospital room, you must wear it when outside people are together or when you are in a multi-person room.
Public health centers, health branch offices, and health clinics, including public health and medical centers, are also medical institutions and are included in mask wearing facilities.
Pharmacies in supermarkets are also required to wear it, but if you can use it in the common aisle of the mart without going into the pharmacy, you don’t have to wear it.
You must wear it when riding a bus, subway, train, taxi, plane, or transport for commuting to school. However, public transport facilities such as bus terminals, subway stations and train stations are not required to wear them.
There is no obligation to wear a mask indoors in workplaces, facilities, or places other than public transport facilities, medical institutions, pharmacies, and public transport facilities that are open to infection. However, it is possible to establish autonomous policies in workplaces and facilities whether they are required to wear them or not.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) emphasized that this mandatory adjustment does not mean that wearing masks indoors is unnecessary, and that only the state-level legal obligation of fines imposed in case of violation of the law has ‘to raise, so it still is. important for individuals to wear masks independently according to the situation.
In particular, even if there is no obligation to wear a mask, it is strongly recommended to wear a mask in a 3-cylinder environment.
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