The vaccine pass on six types of multiuse facilities ― large retailers and department stores, study rooms, museums, libraries, cram schools and theaters ― has been lifted in the wake of a court ruling ordering the suspension of the vaccine mandate at the facilities.
The ministry's decision to retract the vaccine pass on large supermarkets and retail stores came three days after the Seoul Administrative Court ordered suspension of the measure in Seoul on Jan. 14, partially accepting an injunction request filed by 1,023 people.
Medical experts viewed that the government should refrain from further policy flip-flops over the vaccine pass, which would undermine public trust on its quarantine policies, when an Omicron-led wave is just around the corner.
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