Gyeongnam Province Establishes Quarantine System to Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks in Logistics Facilities

Completed Disinfection Inspections at 427 Logistics Facilities in the Province

Gyeongnam Province is conducting emergency disinfection at warehouse logistics facilities. (Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Government)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Gyeongnam Province announced on the 15th that it conducted an emergency quarantine inspection of logistics facilities such as warehouses with similar operational conditions within the province from May 27 to June 11.

The province's quarantine inspection was carried out in response to the recent occurrence of multiple confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center and Market Kurly Songpa Logistics Center. There are a total of 427 logistics facilities in the province, including commercial logistics warehouses, port warehouses, refrigerated and frozen warehouses, and bonded warehouses.

These facilities are managed by relevant authorities according to related laws, including the province and each city and county, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the Korea Customs Service, and the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office. This quarantine inspection was conducted by each agency forming its own inspection team to check workplaces under their jurisdiction.

The province conducted on-site inspections and quarantine consulting with quarantine experts at nine commercial logistics warehouses with more than 100 employees.

According to the quarantine inspection results by agency, compliance with mask-wearing by workers and the provision of hand sanitizers was generally observed. However, management of distancing among employees in shared spaces such as cafeterias, lounges, changing rooms, and smoking rooms, as well as management of short-term workers such as daily workers and part-timers, subcontracted workers including cargo truck drivers, and external visitors was found to be insufficient.

A Gyeongnam Province official stated, “Based on the results of this quarantine inspection, we instructed on-site corrections or requested improvement measures for risk factors at each workplace. In particular, we focused on improving distancing in shared spaces and access control for daily workers, part-timers, and cargo truck drivers to do our best to prevent the occurrence of COVID-19.”

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