Daejeon City, Limited Opening of Public Facilities... Gradual Easing of 'Social Distancing' Measures

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will partially open public facilities within the city. This measure follows the government's easing of high-intensity social distancing and the decline in the occurrence of COVID-19.

The city announced on the 27th that it has prepared 'social distancing guidelines' tailored to local conditions to relieve social fatigue caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to overcome the economic crisis.

First, the city will maintain the existing social distancing stance in the public sector but will prepare separate quarantine rules for low-risk outdoor and dispersed facilities to gradually resume operations.

Outdoor facilities subject to opening include Hanbat Arboretum, Maninsan Natural Recreation Forest, Jangtaesan Natural Recreation Forest walking trails, and O-World Flowerland outdoor viewing facilities. However, some ancillary facilities such as lodging and amusement rides will remain closed.

Starting from the 28th, 22 public libraries in the region, including Hanbat Library, will allow book lending (reading rooms remain restricted), and Daejeon Arts Center and Yeonjeong Gugak Center will hold online and small-scale performances without audiences (large-scale performances are discouraged).

Additionally, the Lee Ungno Museum of Art will conduct an online space exhibition (from the 22nd of this month to June 28), and the Municipal Museum of Art will sequentially resume operations from next month after establishing quarantine guidelines.

Indoor sports facilities such as baseball stadiums, tennis courts, badminton courts, and gateball courts will also reopen. However, outdoor sports facilities with concerns of physical contact such as soccer and basketball fields, indoor sports facilities like swimming pools and multipurpose gyms, and welfare facilities used by high-risk groups such as the elderly and disabled will remain closed for the time being.

The city will also enable the phased resumption of economic and social activities in the private sector, provided that daily quarantine and hygiene rules are strictly followed.

Multi-use facilities such as karaoke rooms, entertainment venues, religious facilities, and sports facilities are advised to shift from 'operation suspension' to 'operation restraint,' while continuing on-site inspections to ensure compliance with quarantine rules as currently enforced.

Furthermore, workshops, education, and training sessions should be conducted online or via video whenever possible. If this is difficult, they may be held on a small scale with measures such as checking for fever (37.5 degrees Celsius or higher), wearing masks, providing hand sanitizers, and maintaining sufficient distance between participants.

The city has posted the comprehensive 'Social Distancing Sector-Specific Guidelines' on the city's COVID-19 status website and on the websites of each autonomous district.

Park Wol-hoon, Director of the Citizen Safety Office of the city, said, "We have established these policies to relieve the fatigue of citizens exhausted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to prepare for the transition to a daily quarantine system. We ask for the active cooperation of citizens until the social distancing ends on the 5th of next month."

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