Gwangju City Imposes Gathering Restrictions on High-Risk Indoor Group Exercise Facilities

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 2nd that, to strengthen COVID-19 quarantine management, it will impose gathering restrictions from 6 p.m. on the same day until further notice on sports facilities operating indoor group exercise programs such as Zumba, Spinning, Tae Bo, and Aerobics, as well as on sports facilities recognized as high-risk facilities by autonomous districts.

Under this measure, facilities offering high-risk indoor group exercises are strongly advised to refrain from operating if possible, and if operation is unavoidable, they must strictly comply with the core quarantine guidelines set by the government.

The core quarantine guidelines include ▲preparing and managing visitor logs ▲checking symptoms of employees and visitors and restricting access for symptomatic individuals and high-risk groups ▲mandatory mask-wearing for business owners and employees ▲daily symptom checks for employees with immediate dismissal of symptomatic persons ▲appointing a quarantine manager ▲disinfecting facilities before and after classes ▲disinfecting shower rooms and changing rooms at least once a day ▲maintaining distance between users, among others.

The city will distribute notices to all establishments by the 5th to inform and promote these core quarantine guidelines, and starting from the 8th, joint inspections by the city and districts will be conducted to check compliance with the quarantine rules.

If quarantine guidelines are violated, business owners will face gathering bans and legal action (fines up to 3 million KRW), and users will also be subject to legal action (fines up to 3 million KRW).

Kim Jun-young, Director of the City’s Culture, Tourism and Sports Office, stated, “High-risk facilities are places with a high risk of COVID-19 cluster infections, so we strongly recommend refraining from operation if possible, and if operation is unavoidable, we ask that you strictly adhere to the core quarantine guidelines.”

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