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Bar and nightclub ban is ending for fully vaccinated US troops in South Korea
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Local bars and nightclubs will no longer be off-limits to fully vaccinated personnel with U.S. Forces Korea starting Friday, May 28, 2021. (Pixabay)
A coronavirus-induced alcohol drought is ending for fully vaccinated U.S. personnel on the Korean Peninsula.
Starting Friday, local bars and nightclubs will no longer be off-limits to those associated with U.S. Forces Korea – service members, Defense Department civilian workers, contractors and their families – USFK announced Thursday on Facebook.
However, “all bars and clubs remain off-limits to partially vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals,” the post said.
By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 3, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – The spring coronavirus surge continued Monday in Japan’s two largest cities, where emergency restrictions dampened the traditional weeklong vacation period for many Japanese. In Osaka prefecture, Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura called on people to stay home during Golden Week, the period ending Wednesday, and cited overburdened medical facilities due to record-breaking new case numbers, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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