Daegu City to Press Charges Against Two Women in Their 20s Who Left Self-Quarantine Locations After Entering from Overseas

The scene of the 'COVID-19' response meeting related to entertainment facilities held at Daegu City Hall on the morning of the 11th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 14th that it plans to report two overseas entrants who left their self-quarantine locations without permission to investigative authorities.

The two women in their 20s, who are friends, were caught by a special crackdown team after going out on the afternoon of the 13th without their phones installed with the self-quarantine app at home, following a recent trip to Malaysia. Daegu City is currently managing 5,391 overseas entrants notified by the government. Among them, the number of violators who broke self-quarantine rules has increased to 10.

Daegu City is conducting monitoring twice a day through dedicated public officials and unannounced inspections by a special crackdown team to ensure that overseas entrants comply with the two-week self-quarantine rules.

A city official urged compliance with the rules, stating, "Violators of self-quarantine will face criminal punishment or deportation measures under a zero-tolerance policy."

Meanwhile, no new COVID-19 cases were reported in Daegu yesterday. As of midnight on the 14th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is 6,865, with 6,443 recoveries (93.9%) and 175 deaths.

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