Lee Jae-myung: "If New Coronavirus Confirmed Cases Refuse Isolation, They Will Be Forced into Quarantine"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, warned that confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus who refuse isolation will be forcibly isolated.

On the 3rd, Lee posted on his Facebook under the title "Confirmed cases refusing novel coronavirus isolation will be forcibly isolated," stating that some confirmed cases are refusing isolation, causing tremendous administrative waste and difficulties such as setbacks in quarantine efforts, and announced this strong policy.

Lee also introduced cases of isolation refusal on that day.

He said, "Hong, a resident of City A in Gyeonggi Province who traveled around various parts of China including Wuhan City from the 14th to 15th of last month and returned on the 31st, was a subject of active monitoring who should have complied with a 14-day self-isolation order but refused isolation and went out of contact. Also, Gu, a resident of City B in Gyeonggi Province, who was confirmed to have used a Singapore hotel where a confirmed case stayed on the 27th of last month, was a subject of self-isolation (active monitoring) but refused by saying 'I will just pay the fine instead of isolating,' causing difficulties," he reported.

In response to such cases of confirmed patients refusing isolation, Lee stated, "In case of non-cooperation, we will not only take legal action but also secure the whereabouts of non-cooperators together with the police and use coercive power to isolate them, according to Article 42 and Article 47 of the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act and Article 5 of the Police Officers' Execution of Duties Act."

He added, "Gyeonggi Province will continue ultra-strong measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and will respond without leniency to acts of isolation refusal," and urged residents to cooperate, saying, "Let us hasten the end of the novel coronavirus infection with calm and mature responses."

Gyeonggi Province has formed a dedicated task force (TF) and established a cooperation system with the police to manage those who go out of contact or refuse isolation.

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