Yeosu City Launches Intensive Inspection of 'Indoor Private Sports Facility Gathering Ban'

Joint Inspection with Yeosu City, Yeosu Urban Management Corporation, and Yeosu Police Station since the 22nd
Jeonnam Province Strengthens Inspections from the 30th, Expanding Gathering Ban to Medium-Risk Facilities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu City (Mayor Kwon Oh-bong) is strengthening inspections of private sports facilities within the jurisdiction.

Since March, the city has been continuously guiding and inspecting all 362 private sports facilities in the area to ensure compliance with COVID-19 prevention rules such as "mask wearing, temperature checks and restricting entry of those with fever, and disinfection" according to the government's phased 'social distancing' guidelines.

Recently, after a mass outbreak of confirmed cases at private sports facilities in Suncheon, which shares the same living area as Yeosu, starting from the 22nd, 14 city employees and 12 members of the Yeosu Urban Management Corporation have been organized into pairs to conduct focused inspections of private sports facilities.

During this inspection period, joint inspections will be conducted frequently with 12 officers from the Yeosu Police Station.

Jeollanam-do issued an administrative order on the 29th to expand the ban on gatherings not only for high-risk indoor group exercise facilities but also for medium-risk facilities from the day before until September 7.

In line with this, the city has imposed a ban on gatherings (operation suspension) and strengthened inspections on 155 facilities within the jurisdiction, including indoor group exercise facilities such as fitness centers, spinning, Zumba, and indoor sports facilities such as badminton courts, bowling alleys (including lock bowling alleys), fitness centers (gyms), martial arts halls, martial arts academies, sports dojangs, and swimming pools.

According to the Jeollanam-do administrative order, the city plans to focus inspections on facilities subject to the gathering ban until the 7th of next month and enforce strong administrative measures such as prosecution (fines up to 3 million KRW) in case of violations.

Additionally, for 207 facilities recommended to suspend operations, such as golf practice ranges, billiard halls, and table tennis halls, if operation is unavoidable, compliance with indoor sports facility quarantine guidelines will be closely inspected.

A city official said, "If social distancing is raised to level 3, a tremendous shock to economic activities is expected," and added, "We ask all business owners and citizens to actively cooperate with the government's quarantine guidelines, no matter how difficult it may be, so that we can break the chain of re-outbreaks with our own hands."

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