Metropolitan Area to Intensify Two-Week Enforcement of Quarantine Compliance at PC Rooms, Entertainment Venues, and Cafes

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, which have entered social distancing level 2, will focus on checking compliance with quarantine rules not only at high-risk facilities such as entertainment venues but also at local academies, churches, bathhouses, funeral halls, and wedding halls for the next two weeks.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 17th, Seoul will conduct quarantine inspections on PC rooms newly designated as high-risk facilities related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) from the 19th, as well as multi-use facilities where compliance with quarantine rules has become mandatory due to the elevation to social distancing level 2.

Seoul conducted on-site inspections of these businesses from the 14th to the 16th and decided to carry out additional focused inspections for two weeks starting from the 18th.

Gyeonggi Province will also check compliance with quarantine rules at 80,252 multi-use businesses including academies, large restaurants, movie theaters, PC rooms, and religious facilities for two weeks until the 30th.

Under the level 2 social distancing measures, academies, game arcades, general restaurants above a certain size, water parks, religious facilities, performance halls, indoor wedding halls, movie theaters, bathhouses and saunas, indoor sports facilities, multi-rooms and DVD rooms, and funeral halls must mandatorily follow quarantine rules such as maintaining visitor logs and requiring employees to wear masks for two weeks. Among businesses already classified as high-risk facilities, clubs, emotional pubs, and colateks are subject to strengthened rules, including limiting the number of users to one person per 4㎡.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will inspect compliance with rules at clubs and plans to check the quarantine levels of all restaurants and cafes in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.

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