Songpa-gu Reports Two Individuals for Unauthorized Quarantine Violation

Two Self-Quarantine Violators Returning from the Philippines... Reported to Songpa Police Station on the 8th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] As the government enforces a zero-tolerance policy for violations of self-quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) reported self-quarantine violators to the Songpa Police Station on the 8th.

The individuals reported for violating self-quarantine are two residents who returned from a trip to the Philippines and entered the country on April 4th. They had been under self-quarantine since their arrival in accordance with the two-week self-quarantine measure implemented on April 1st for all overseas arrivals.

The district announced that contact was lost with them starting from 8:46 PM on April 6th.

Health center staff visited to deliver self-quarantine supplies and attempted to call them four times, but received no answer. Subsequent two calls from the health center staff also went unanswered.

At 9:21 PM, the police were notified of the self-quarantine violation, and at 9:25 PM, police officers and 119 firefighters arrived at the scene but found no one at the residence.

Following this, the district requested location tracking from the police. Although the mobile phone GPS indicated the location as the residence, closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the home confirmed the self-quarantine violation, leading to the filing of a complaint.

According to statements, the individuals left their phones at home and departed from their residence at 7:39 PM on April 6th, visited a fishing site located in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, and returned home at 6:30 AM on April 7th.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, “It is regrettable that self-quarantine violators have appeared in our district during a difficult time when all citizens are enduring social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Since a zero-tolerance policy is being applied to self-quarantine violations, we will be more thorough in managing to prevent additional cases. We also ask residents to cooperate more actively.”

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