Seoul Gangseo-gu Activates Living Quarantine System

Gradual Reopening of Public Facilities Closed Due to COVID-19...Strict Implementation of Social Distancing Measures in Daily Life

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) announced that as the COVID-19 quarantine system transitions to ‘social distancing in daily life,’ it will continue the daily quarantine system that maintains infection prevention activities alongside everyday life.

Recently, concerns about the resurgence of COVID-19 have increased due to cluster infections at clubs in Itaewon and pubs in Hongdae, making adherence to the basic guidelines of social distancing in daily life extremely important.

Therefore, the district is strongly enforcing measures such as adjusting operating hours and capacity to prevent close contact at outdoor sports facilities like Gaehwa Soccer Stadium, which began operation on the 25th, as well as checking users’ temperatures and requiring mask-wearing.

Also, the district public libraries, which had been closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and operated a drive-thru clean book rental service, resumed operation on the 8th while strictly following quarantine rules such as temperature checks upon entry, visitor log registration, and limiting the number of users.

In particular, the district plans to gradually reopen public facilities that had been closed, in accordance with government policies and considering the risk of infection.

Heojun Museum and Gyeomjae Jeongseon Art Museum will conduct pilot operations with personal visits only, limiting visitors to under 50 per hour while adhering to detailed social distancing guidelines, and after addressing issues during the pilot period, will resume normal operations from the 21st.

Indoor sports facilities such as Magok Sports Center will also conduct pilot operations with limited users restricted to existing members (Gangseo-gu residents and members of Gangseo-gu Sports Council clubs), and will resume normal operations from the 21st.

However, neighborhood community centers, senior centers, and welfare centers frequently used by the elderly will decide on reopening after reviewing the COVID-19 situation and individual facility conditions.

The district will also guide private facilities to comply with quarantine guidelines and conduct continuous inspections.

The recent cluster infection cases have once again shown that practicing social distancing in daily life is paramount to ending the COVID-19 crisis.

Accordingly, the district is actively promoting five basic personal quarantine rules to residents: △ stay home for 3-4 days if sick △ maintain a healthy distance of two arm lengths △ wash hands for 30 seconds and cough into your sleeve △ ventilate twice daily and disinfect regularly △ keep physical distance but stay emotionally close.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “Even during the social distancing period, we will not loosen the reins on quarantine to restore daily life to pre-COVID-19 conditions. Although the quarantine system has been relaxed to daily life distancing, since asymptomatic infections exist, I ask all residents to make mask-wearing a habit to protect themselves and others from infectious diseases.”

The district is reorganizing its social disaster manual by thoroughly reviewing the processes and cases handled so far and supplementing any shortcomings to prepare for a resurgence of COVID-19 or the spread of new viral infectious diseases.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.