Partial Easing of Gathering Restrictions in 'Corona-Clean Haenam'

Relieving Difficulties of Small Business Owners and Self-Employed, Targeting 100 Locations of 5 Types Including PC Bang

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam County is easing the gathering ban on some high-risk facilities where the ban is currently enforced due to the strengthened Level 2 social distancing measures, changing it to a gathering restriction.

According to Haenam County on the 11th, the facilities eased to gathering restrictions include five types: clubs and room salons (entertainment bars), karaoke bars, singing practice rooms, buffets, and PC rooms. Since the 9th, these facilities have been strictly following quarantine rules and can resume normal business operations as long as indoor gatherings do not exceed 50 people and outdoor gatherings do not exceed 100 people.

Two types of facilities, direct sales promotion centers such as door-to-door sales and indoor group exercise facilities (intense GX types), will continue to be under a gathering ban.

Jeollanam-do Province has been enforcing a gathering ban on high-risk facilities until the 20th due to the strict Level 2 social distancing measures, but has instructed each city and county to independently decide whether to enforce a gathering ban or gathering restriction based on their local conditions.

Accordingly, on the 9th, the county held an emergency meeting of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (headed by County Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan) and decided, unlike other cities and counties, that Haenam is a clean area with no COVID-19 cases and, considering the economic situation, to ease some facilities to gathering restrictions.

In particular, considering the increasing economic difficulties faced by self-employed individuals and small business owners due to the prolonged suspension of operations, there was consensus that this measure is unavoidable to alleviate these difficulties and revitalize the local economy.

The number of businesses corresponding to the five types of high-risk facilities eased to gathering restrictions is 100.

Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan stated, “We hope that the easing of gathering restrictions will help small business owners and the self-employed in the county and contribute to alleviating the local economic downturn,” and added, “The county will make every effort to maintain Haenam as a COVID-free area by strictly supervising and guiding quarantine measures.”

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