Jeonju City Lowers Social Distancing to Level 3

From 12 AM on the 4th... Galsan-ri Area in Iseo Innovation City, Wanju-gun Also Readjusted to Level 3

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] The social distancing level for Galsan-ri in Iseo Innovation City, Jeonju City and Wanju County, will be lowered to level 3.

Jeonju Mayor Kim Seung-su held a non-face-to-face briefing on the 3rd and said, “Due to the active participation of business owners in administrative orders such as gathering bans and the thorough compliance of personal quarantine rules by citizens, the number of confirmed cases has clearly decreased, with fewer than 13 cases per day for three consecutive days since the 30th of last month, meeting the minimum criteria for level 3.” He added, “From midnight on the 4th, social distancing will be lowered to level 3.”

The lowering of social distancing comes just one week after Jeonju City raised the social distancing level to 4 on the 27th of last month as a preemptive quarantine measure.

With the social distancing lowered to level 3, major quarantine rules will also be adjusted.

Entertainment facilities such as nightclubs, karaoke bars, clubs, nightclubs, emotional pubs, hunting pubs, and colatecs and holdem pubs, which were previously banned from gathering, will now be allowed to operate until 10 p.m.

The operating hours for restaurants and cafes will be extended by one hour from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., and only takeout and delivery will be allowed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Restrictions on academies, movie theaters, reading rooms, arcades, PC rooms, marts over 300㎡, and department stores will be lifted after 10 p.m.

Private gatherings will remain limited to four people regardless of time, with vaccination incentives applied.

Events will be allowed with fewer than 50 people.

Weddings and funerals can have up to 49 attendees, meetings between families up to 8 people, and first birthday parties up to 16 people.

For religious facilities, regular services will be limited to 20% of seating capacity, and small group meetings and meals are prohibited.

Convenience stores will prohibit eating and drinking inside and outside the facility after 10 p.m., and administrative orders banning drinking and eating in parks and plazas after 9 p.m. will continue for the time being.

Jeonju City announced that although administrative orders are relaxed, enforcement of level 3 measures will be strengthened.

Special inspection teams will focus on checking compliance with quarantine rules in blind spots such as entertainment facilities, multi-use facilities, parks, and plazas, and weekend inspections will be intensified.

Meanwhile, Wanju County also announced that from midnight on the 4th, for two days until midnight, only the Galsan-ri area in Iseo Innovation City will be readjusted to level 3.

Accordingly, from the 4th to midnight on the 5th, the entire Iseo Innovation City including Galsan-ri will be under level 3 social distancing, while other areas will be under level 2 in Wanju County.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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