Seoul City Cancels All Events in Parks During May Golden Holiday and Children's Day

Maintaining the COVID-19 'Social Distancing' Policy

On the warm spring day of the 29th, citizens are enjoying a walk in Seoul Forest, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 3rd that it will cancel all festivals and events held in parks every May for Children's Day and maintain 'social distancing' measures related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Accordingly, each park is currently guiding visitors to use the park mainly for walking rather than staying for long periods. Efforts are being made to prevent COVID-19 by maintaining a 2-meter distance between people through order maintenance, dispersing crowded areas, strengthening quarantine measures, and promoting infection prevention guidelines.

Earlier, since February after the outbreak of COVID-19, the city had canceled all park events and programs. From February 25, when the infectious disease crisis alert was raised to the 'serious' level, indoor spaces such as exhibition halls and performance venues where park visitors temporarily gather have been temporarily closed. Last month, all spring flower festivals in parks were also canceled, and access to some sections was restricted during the peak cherry blossom season to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Meanwhile, as park programs were temporarily suspended in April and May due to COVID-19 and citizens found it difficult to use parks, Seoul is offering online educational courses, virtual park walks (watching park videos), events, and contests through the 'Seoul's Mountains and Parks (http://parks.seoul.go.kr/)' website so that people can enjoy spring parks from home.

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