Pharmacist and Staff Prosecuted for Violating Self-Quarantine by Going to Pharmacy

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] A pharmacist who ignored self-quarantine measures and went to work at a pharmacy has been prosecuted.

The Criminal Division 1 of the Bucheon Branch of Incheon District Court (Chief Prosecutor Kang Beom-gu) indicted pharmacist A (70) and pharmacy employee B (42) without detention on the 9th for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act, after they were classified as contacts of a confirmed COVID-19 case and were under self-quarantine but went to work at the pharmacy.

A is accused of being classified as a contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case on February 23 and ordered to self-quarantine, but still going to his pharmacy the next day and instructing employee B to come to work as well.

B is also accused of going to work on the same day under A’s instructions while under self-quarantine.

They were notified by the Gimpo City Public Health Center to self-quarantine after a confirmed case was identified among customers at the pharmacy where they worked.

However, when A was unable to go to the pharmacy for two weeks, he temporarily hired another pharmacist and was found to have gone to the pharmacy for work handover purposes.

A prosecution official stated, "In A’s case, he violated the relevant law by going to work while under self-quarantine," and added, "If an employer instructs an employee under self-quarantine to come to work, the employer can also be punished for aiding and abetting violation of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act."

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