Gwangju City Imposes 'Gathering Restrictions' on Buffet Restaurants and Large Academies

From 6 PM on the 23rd until further notice

Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Lee Yong-seop) announced on the 22nd that from 6 p.m. on the 23rd, it will implement gathering restriction measures on buffet restaurants, direct sales promotion centers such as door-to-door sales, and large academies, which were additionally designated as high-risk facilities for COVID-19 by the government, until separate lifting is announced.

The gathering restriction targets a total of 71 buffet restaurants, including large franchise restaurants in the jurisdiction and buffet-style restaurants within wedding halls. In addition, there are 634 direct sales promotion centers and large academies with a temporary capacity of 300 or more people.

Facilities subject to the restrictions are advised to refrain from operating as much as possible, and if operation is unavoidable, they must strictly comply with the core quarantine rules set by the government.

The core quarantine rules include ▲ preparation and management of visitor logs ▲ symptom checks at entrances and restriction of entry for symptomatic individuals ▲ designation of quarantine managers ▲ mandatory mask-wearing for business owners and workers ▲ daily symptom checks for workers with immediate dismissal of symptomatic individuals (with record keeping) ▲ disinfection of facilities before and after events or business activities (with record keeping), among others.

Users of the targeted facilities must also comply with the core quarantine rules, including ▲ filling out visitor logs (providing their name, phone number, and presenting ID) ▲ cooperating with symptom checks ▲ wearing masks ▲ maintaining a distance of 2 meters (at least 1 meter) between users.

If quarantine rules 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).

Lee Pyeong-hyung, Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau of Gwangju City, said, “Recently, continuous transmission cases due to contact with infected persons at restaurants and other places have occurred, so we decided to implement this measure to strengthen quarantine management.” He added, “Facilities subject to these measures should refrain from operating as much as possible, and if operation is unavoidable, they must strictly adhere to the core quarantine rules.”

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