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![The departure hall at Incheon International Airport is crowded with passengers on Sunday. The government will lift a seven-day quarantine mandate for unvaccinated arrivals from overseas from Wednesday as part of its efforts to restore pre-pandemic normalcy.[YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11749851.jpg?imageId=11749851&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A sign saying that the vaccine pass system is temporarily suspended from March 1 is placed in a restaurant window in Daegu on Monday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11571523.jpg?imageId=11571523&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![People wait in line to take a Covid-19 test at a temporary screening center at Seoul Station on Sunday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11423275.jpg?imageId=11423275&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![People scan QR codes for entry into a shopping mall in Seoul on Sunday. Starting Monday, vaccine passes will be required at large discount supermarkets and department stores. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10224142.jpg?imageId=10224142&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Officials from a public health center in Gwangju produce certificates that show they have been fully vaccinated on their mobile phones on Friday as they have lunch together. Under the slightly eased social distancing guidelines applied from Monday for the next two weeks, the cap for social gatherings after 6 p.m. will be increased from the current six people to a maximum of eight, as long as no more than four in a group are unvaccinated, in the metropolitan area of Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon. This includes gatherings at restaurants, cafes and multi-use facilities. A maximum of 10 people, again with no more than four unvaccinated people, will be allowed to meet outside of greater Seoul starting Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11729416.jpg?imageId=11729416&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Workers load boxes carrying doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine onto a truck at the cargo terminal of Incheon International Airport on Monday, after 1.01 million doses of the vaccine arrived. The arrival of the first batch, part of 7 million doses to be supplied over the next two weeks, followed a supply disruption due to a production issue at the U.S. pharmaceutical company. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11637353.jpg?imageId=11637353&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)