Only Packaged Menu Items Sold at Highway Rest Areas During 5-Day Seollal Holiday

Indoor Dining Prohibited, Outdoor Stores and Convenience Stores Operate Normally
Separate Entrance and Exit, Deployment of About 1,200 Dedicated Quarantine Personnel
Toll Fees Collected Normally During Seol Holiday, Used for COVID-19 Quarantine Activities

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo Gang-wook] Korea Expressway Corporation announced on the 9th that it has established a "Special Quarantine Plan for Rest Area Facilities during the Lunar New Year Holiday" to prohibit eating inside highway rest area indoor stores during the holiday period to prevent COVID-19 infection.

This measure will be implemented at all highway rest areas managed by Korea Expressway Corporation for a total of 5 days from the 10th to the 14th of the Lunar New Year holiday period. Since indoor stores can increase the risk of infection due to customer crowding, only take-out menus will be sold; however, outdoor stores selling snacks and convenience stores will operate normally.

Accordingly, customers visiting rest areas are advised to prepare food in advance or eat the food purchased at the rest area inside their cars or at outdoor tables equipped with transparent partitions.

Additionally, since the 30th of last month, the corporation has been operating separate entrances and exits for stores and restrooms, and has deployed about 1,200 quarantine personnel wearing yellow vests to manage entry and exit with temperature checks, as well as to guide mask-wearing and social distancing compliance.

Furthermore, along with the existing simple phone check-in, electronic (QR) and handwritten logs, a simple visitor log will be used concurrently to minimize confusion and waiting lines at rest area store entrances.

Highway tolls will be collected normally during the Lunar New Year holiday period. Toll revenue will be used for COVID-19 quarantine activities such as supporting quarantine personnel and providing quarantine supplies (masks, hand sanitizers, etc.) at rest areas and gas stations.

A Korea Expressway Corporation official said, "We ask customers using the highway during the Lunar New Year holiday to take sufficient rest at rest areas while driving and to actively cooperate with the guidance of quarantine personnel when using stores and restrooms."

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