Gwanak-gu Mayor Park Jun-hee Encourages Voluntary Closure of Karaoke and PC Rooms

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) is encouraging owners of private multi-use facilities with a high risk of group infections, such as religious facilities, indoor sports facilities, karaoke rooms, and adult PC rooms, to voluntarily participate in temporary closures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The government is conducting a high-intensity social distancing campaign from March 22 to April 5, strongly recommending the suspension of operations for religious facilities, indoor sports facilities, entertainment venues, PC rooms, karaoke rooms, and academies for 15 days, and requiring strict compliance with preventive measures if operation is unavoidable.

Accordingly, Gwanak-gu, in cooperation with the Seoul Karaoke Room Association, has encouraged voluntary closure participation among karaoke rooms, resulting in 53 establishments joining, and plans to continuously promote karaoke room closures until April 5.

Additionally, after consultation with the Gwanak-gu Taekwondo Association, all 64 affiliated taekwondo dojangs decided to participate in the closure, and a total of 40 establishments and facilities, including 12 religious facilities and 28 adult PC rooms, are voluntarily suspending operations to participate in the high-intensity social distancing campaign.

One karaoke room owner said, “Although I am worried about business losses due to closure, I decided to temporarily close following the recommendation of the district office and the association because preventing the spread of COVID-19 and alleviating residents’ anxiety is a priority.”

The district office provided a total of 1,866 disinfection supplies to 933 establishments through the ‘1020 Gang Gam-chan Disinfection Supplies Delivery Service,’ which delivers sterilizing disinfectants by courier to enable continuous disinfection at businesses.

Furthermore, the office continuously provides services upon request from business owners to assist thorough disinfection for establishments that must operate out of necessity.

Moreover, the ‘Five Base Facilities Disinfection Equipment Rental Service’ is being implemented to support businesses in self-disinfection by lending disinfection machines and supplying chemicals.

On the 26th, Mayor Park Jun-hee visited three karaoke rooms located in Sillim-dong, an area dense with entertainment facilities, to encourage owners and urge them to voluntarily participate in closures.

Delivery of quarantine supplies

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “I thank the business owners who have voluntarily participated in closures for the safety of residents during this difficult time when the local economy is depressed due to COVID-19, and the district office will do its best to ensure that COVID-19 ends early.”

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