South Korea Eases Coronavirus Restrictions on Small Businesses
The daily COVID infection numbers have improved over the past week thus allowing the government to ease restrictions on many small businesses:
![A worker at a coffee shop in downtown Seoul wipes tables Sunday, a day before customers will be allowed to eat and drink at cafes in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi. [YONHAP]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2021/01/17/1ed82979-69df-4464-b235-948002e7addf.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Starting Monday, people in the Seoul metropolitan area will be allowed to eat and drink in coffee shops and go to the gym.
Health authorities announced new social distancing guidelines for Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi — also known as greater Seoul — last Saturday, saying the measures will stay in place for two weeks from Monday to Jan. 31.
The eased restrictions came in response to mounting protests from small-business owners who had been forced to shut down for over a month as daily coronavirus cases peaked last month. (………….)Coffee shops, which had been providing only take-out services, will now be allowed to let customers eat and drink inside their facilities until 9 p.m. People will be strongly recommended to stay only up to an hour if they’re with others, and masks must be worn at all times except when eating or drinking.
Joong Ang Ilbo
Cafes that are 50 square meters (538 square feet) or larger must space out their customers by leaving every other seat or table empty, setting each table one meter apart from each other or setting up plastic dividers.
Gyms can reopen, but must stay closed between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., and accept only one customer for every 8 square meters of space. Sweaty group exercise programs offered at gyms such as Zumba, Spinning and aerobics will remain banned.
Noraebang (singing rooms) and hagwon (private cram schools) can reopen as well, but can accept only one customer for every 8 square meters of space.
Houses of worship can resume in-person services under the condition they fill a maximum 10 percent of seats. All sideline events, such as prayer group meetings and meals, will remain prohibited.
Restaurants still can’t allow anyone to eat inside their facilities between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Hotels, resorts and guesthouses must continuously keep one-third of their rooms vacant. Clubs and bars that involve table-hopping must remain shut.
You can read more at the link.
Eight square meters per person, in a city with the population density of Seoul, REALLY? When will people realize that this is not about the #WuhanVirus anymore but about conditioning for complete control and taking away of civil liberties? This Orwellian nightmare has to end this year. People around the world have made it clear that they are willing to take the risk with the virus (with a 98% recovery rate) in exchange for restoration of their freedoms. Even though there are risks of complications down the road, people have accepted that as well. Protests in France, Italy, Germany, and the UK, as well as Australia and the U.S. demonstrate the growing undercurrent in society against these draconian measures. Will it take mass rioting in the streets and declarations of martial law to finally end this? Stay tuned!
SCAMDEMIC…it is all a lie. Sure GI will fact check with globalist approved lie.
Meanwhile, food service multinationals like Starbucks and McDonald’s lobby hard for continued lockdowns because, as civic-minded companies supporting social justice and compassionate capitalism, they are concerned about public health.
…or maybe because they have the take-out, delivery, and drive-thru infrastructure in place as well as a marketing team to keep their products in the public eye and enough cash to outlast the smaller competition.
Korea has excelled due to its nationalism and entrepreneurship… but it seems some Koreans have betrayed their country to follow the demands of the globalists and corporatists.
Wake up Koreans.
Too bad those business already died. Thanks Commie Moon.
One wonders what the statistics on people being infected in coffeeshops or gyms might be…
And what about normal restaurants?
And what are the odds that those imposing any of the shutdowns had their income affected by any of these economic plagues they have inflicted on others.
Inquiring minds, etc., etc….