South Korea lifts nearly all remaining Covid-19 restrictions

Starting June 1, the seven-day mandatory quarantine for COVID-19 patients and the indoor mask mandate at clinics and pharmacies are lifted in South Korea.

The government has lowered the national crisis level for COVID-19 from "serious" to "alert". With the downgrade, the mandatory isolation rule for COVID-19 patients and the indoor mask mandate at clinics and pharmacies will be lifted.

This comes in 3 years and 4 months since the first case was reported in Korea. However, high-risk facilities, like hospitals with a concentrated number of hospitalized patients and residential care homes, will be required to maintain the indoor mask mandate for the time being.