Gwanak-gu, Proactive Quarantine of Vulnerable Facilities Including Foreign Resident Concentrated Areas

Entering proactive quarantine management to identify blind spots in quarantine such as foreign resident-dense facilities and elderly welfare facilities... Strengthening periodic on-site inspections and quarantine at high-density facilities like wedding halls and funeral homes

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) is stepping up proactive and meticulous quarantine management by identifying all blind spots vulnerable to cluster infections of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Since February, the district has strengthened quarantine management of private multi-use facilities such as ▲religious facilities ▲traditional markets ▲lodging businesses ▲academies ▲PC rooms ▲karaoke rooms ▲entertainment bars ▲sports facilities, along with suspending public facility operations and postponing (refraining from) events and gatherings.

In line with the recent sporadic cluster infections centered in the metropolitan area and the government's extended metropolitan area quarantine reinforcement measures from the 15th, the district plans to strengthen inspection and management of blind spots vulnerable to quarantine, such as foreign resident-dense facilities and elderly welfare facilities, to preemptively block the possibility of cluster infections.

For foreign resident-dense facilities, the district will cooperate with each neighborhood community center to identify the status of collective residential facilities, focusing on on-site conditions and compliance with quarantine rules, and will support facility disinfection.

Regarding elderly medical welfare facilities and daycare centers, the district will conduct a second emergency on-site inspection from June 15 to 18, based on the first inspection carried out in March.

The district inspection team will focus on checking ▲control of outsiders' entry (recording visitor lists) ▲restrictions on visits and outings ▲twice-daily temperature and respiratory symptom checks for staff, residents, and users, as well as compliance with quarantine rules, and will support a total of four disinfections per facility from June to September.

Meanwhile, since May 28, the district has permitted the use of elderly medical welfare facilities only to users who have tested negative for COVID-19, and the same procedure will be applied to new admissions to daycare centers starting June 15.

Furthermore, daycare centers are planned to operate by recommending closure as much as possible and providing limited emergency care.

Earlier, from March when the COVID-19 spread was prominent, the district distributed 5,000 masks to foreigners and supported elderly nursing facilities with 80,120 masks, 1,437 hand sanitizers, and 33 non-contact thermometers, and plans to promptly distribute additional necessary quarantine supplies based on facility demand surveys.

Additionally, the district has strengthened on-site inspections and quarantine at facilities with high resident density, including eight wedding halls and one funeral hall within the area.

On the 11th and 14th, the district visited the funeral hall and wedding halls respectively, focusing on checking compliance with quarantine rules such as ▲designation of quarantine managers ▲daily disinfection at least once ▲mask-wearing by staff and visitors ▲visitor log maintenance ▲temperature checks and respiratory symptom confirmation ▲adherence to personal distancing.

The district plans to proactively block the possibility of cluster infections by continuously inspecting and guiding compliance with quarantine rules and providing education, focusing not only on wedding and funeral halls but also on facilities where many residents gather.

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “We will not let our guard down, thinking that COVID-19 cluster infections can occur anywhere, and will proactively quarantine by identifying all blind spots in quarantine across all facilities in the district.”

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