Jeonnam Province Provides Benefits Including Restrictions on Family Gatherings for COVID-19 Vaccinated Individuals

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 31st that starting from the 1st of next month, various benefits such as lifting family gathering restrictions will be provided 14 days after the first COVID-19 vaccination.

First, the current limit of up to 8 direct family members for gatherings will be lifted.

Additionally, restrictions on the operation of elderly facilities will be eased, allowing senior centers to operate and food consumption to be permitted. Welfare centers and others can run participation programs focusing on vaccinated individuals.

Various incentives will also be provided to encourage vaccination participation.

Vaccinated individuals will receive vaccination badges, and first-dose recipients will be eligible for discounts or exemptions on entrance and usage fees at major public facilities, as well as participation in cultural events.

From July, restrictions on private gatherings, religious activities, and the use of multi-use facilities will also be eased.

Those who have completed vaccination will be exempt from the current social distancing limit of up to 6 people, allowing free participation in various gatherings.

Regarding religious activities, first-dose recipients will be excluded from the participant limits for in-person activities such as regular worship, mass, Buddhist ceremonies, and memorial services, and choirs or small groups composed only of fully vaccinated members will be allowed to operate.

For multi-use facilities, first-dose recipients will be exempt from outdoor participant limits, and fully vaccinated individuals will be exempt from indoor participant limits. Food consumption and standing performances can also be held in separate zones composed only of fully vaccinated individuals.

Kang Young-gu, Director of Health and Welfare Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “We will vaccinate 556,000 people, 30% of the total provincial population, by June and 1.5 million people, 81%, by September to do our best to achieve herd immunity.”

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