S.Korea court bars plan for private education COVID-19 vaccine pass - Yonhap


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  • Tuesday, 04 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: South Korean soldiers clean doors with disinfectant at a cram school for civil service exams, following the rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Daegu, South Korea, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court has ordered that private educational facilities, including the country's notorious cram schools, be temporarily excluded from a government plans for COVID-19 vaccine pass mandates, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.

The injunction is one of the first legal blocks to South Korea's vaccine mandates, which require passes or testing for entry to a wide range of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gyms, and bars.

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