SEOUL: South Korea on Monday (Jan 30) scrapped a nose and mouth mask mandate for most indoor public places in a major step to release COVID-19 rules, most residents opted to help keep wearing coverings due to lingering concerns more than infections.
The lifting from the face-covering rules within the majority of indoor places is South Korea’s latest step in reducing COVID-19 rules because new cases display signs of a slow down. People are still necessary to wear masks in public transport settings and medical facilities.
Most restaurant proprietors and visitors in Seoul’s bustling Gwanghwamun district, where authorities and corporate buildings are located, welcomed the newest policy. But many citizens also said they will still wear masks with the pandemic not fully over.
“I’d believed it was kind of meaningless we had to put the particular masks on only to enter and leave a restaurant, so it’s nice that has changed now, ” said Yoon Seok-jun, a 30-year-old office employee at Gwanghwamun.
Kim Jae-jin, 28, also said he or she was glad can now work out in a gym without wearing a face mask. Still, he said he will carry on putting on the covers in most public amenities.
“It would be much more comfortable to run on treadmill but We are still concerned about a new respiratory disease right after COVID-19, ” mentioned Kim, an office worker.