Up to 500 ppl will be allowed at events from next month

for people who completed vaccinations

Towards the ‘Living with COVID-19’ era, restore daily life with in a three-phase mitigation system

Authorities will lift and ease the event and private gathering restrictions in ‘4+2 week’ intervals from next month

Will implement vaccination certification and negative test verification systems at high-risk facilities … restrict use of unvaccinated people

The government has set a three-phase strategy starting next month for the ‘Living with COVID-19’ era.

 

The measure comes 1 year and 10 months since the government implemented disease control and prevention measures for COVID-19.

 

In particular, events and gatherings of less than 100 people will be allowed starting next month, and temporary performance centers that accept more than 500 audiences will be operated at a test run in the first phase, then the limit will be lifted from the second phase, and allow large-scale events.

 

The Central Disaster Management Headquarters and Central Disease Control Headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare today (25th) held a public hearing on the ‘implementation plan for recovery to daily life from COVID-19 ' and announced the plans above.

 

The implementation plan to return to daily life became possible with the rapidly increasing COVID-19 vaccination rate in Korea.

 

The 2nd vaccination rate is expected to reach 70% at the end of this month, which will reduce the COVID-19 mortality rate and set the basis for returning to daily life.

 

In addition, the prolonged COVID-19 had increased the burden on the economy and medical system, increasing the need to recover to daily life and overcome the burden.

 

The return to daily life measures presented by the government will be implemented in 3 phases.

 

The project will be implemented in ‘4+2 week’ intervals starting next month, then settle down to recover to daily life.

 

The first phase of the reorganization will begin on the 1st of next month by lifting the limits on commercial facilities, followed by the second phase 6 weeks after that allows large-scale events from mid-December, then to the third phase in February next year that lifts the restrictions set on private gatherings.

 

In particular, the number of people allowed at events and gatherings that are currently restricted to less than 50 at level 3 and a blanket ban of all events at level 4 Social Distancing measures, will be changed so that events with less than 100 people will be allowed regardless of the vaccination status from the first phase of reorganizations.

 

At the same time, events with less than 500 people may be held if all members have completed vaccinations.

 

Also, temporary performance centers that accept more than 500 audiences will be operated on a test run.

 

From the second phase of reorganization, large-scale events will be allowed without limiting the number of people.

 

From the third phase of reorganizations, the limit on the number of people for events will be completely lifted, and the events may be held while just observing the basic quarantine rules.

 

The authorities announced that they will prepare phased measures to return to daily life based on the social consensus drawn from discussions from the “Committee to Support Recovery to Daily Life from COVID-19” and feedbacks that were continuously collected from public hearings, etc.