Mapo-gu, Disinfection Measures at Karaoke Rooms and PC Bangs

95 Game Providing Businesses and 219 Singing Practice Rooms Undergo Emergency On-Site Inspection... Survey on Quarantine Management Status and Willingness to Join 'Jamshi Meomchum'... Quarantine Activities to Begin from the 16th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (District Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) announced that it has completed an emergency on-site inspection last weekend to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in multi-use facilities such as karaoke rooms and PC rooms, and will begin full-scale quarantine operations.

The district conducted an emergency on-site inspection from the 13th to the 15th targeting multi-use facilities such as karaoke rooms and PC rooms, where concerns about infection are growing due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area and the nature of enclosed spaces.

The inspection team, composed of 49 public officials from Mapo-gu and Seoul City, inspected a total of 314 multi-use facilities, including 95 game-providing businesses such as PC rooms and general game centers, and 219 karaoke practice rooms within Mapo-gu.

The main inspection items included current business operation status, size of the business premises, status of quarantine implementation, designation of infection control managers, willingness to conduct quarantine activities, and participation in the ‘One-day Pause’ temporary closure campaign.

As a result of the inspection, among the 314 multi-use facilities such as karaoke rooms and PC rooms in Mapo-gu, 23 businesses (8.1%) conducted quarantine through professional quarantine companies, and 230 businesses (81%) carried out self-quarantine activities. Overall, the number of businesses conducting quarantine activities slightly exceeded 80%.

Additionally, among all operating businesses, 274 (96.5%) had hand sanitizers available, and 223 businesses (78.5%) expressed willingness to receive future support from the district for quarantine activities.

However, only 55 businesses (19.4%) among all operating businesses expressed their intention to participate in the ‘One-day Pause’ campaign, which involves suspending business for one day for professional quarantine activities, showing a conflict between quarantine for safety and business operations for livelihood.

Through this on-site inspection, the district distributed guidelines containing safety management instructions and hand sanitizers to karaoke rooms and PC rooms as a first step.

Starting from the 16th, full-scale quarantine activities began for 60 game-providing businesses through professional quarantine companies. Along with disinfection and sterilization work, business owners are being guided on disinfection methods within business premises, precautions after disinfection, and customer management methods.

The district plans to continuously encourage businesses that do not wish to conduct quarantine to participate in the ‘One-day Pause’ campaign, which is part of social distancing measures, and to expand the scope of quarantine activities to all businesses.

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “We understand that it is difficult not to operate businesses for livelihood, but without the participation of business owners, it will be difficult to prevent and overcome the spread of COVID-19. Since many unspecified customers visit and the enclosed nature of the spaces raises infection concerns, we ask for your great interest and participation in quarantine activities.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.