Busan Reports 42 COVID-19 Cases During Chuseok Holiday; Strengthened Quarantine Measures from the 5th

Maintaining Gathering Ban on 5 Types of High-Risk Entertainment Facilities and Direct Sales Promotion Centers Including Door-to-Door Sales
Bathhouses, Recently Experiencing Numerous Confirmed Cases, Added to Gathering Ban Targets
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Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Even after the Chuseok holiday ends, stricter quarantine measures including extended gathering bans will be implemented in Busan.

As the spread of COVID-19 rapidly increased with a total of 42 confirmed cases during the holiday period, Busan City decided to enter the second week of special quarantine measures starting from the 5th.

At a crisis management meeting held on the afternoon of the 4th, presided over by Acting Mayor Byeon Seong-wan, Busan City announced that the average daily number of confirmed cases over the past week from September 27 to October 3 rose to 6.6, and since cases with unknown infection sources continued to occur, these strengthened quarantine measures were implemented.

Busan is facing a heightened risk of cluster infections with confirmed cases emerging in small-scale restaurants in Mandeok-dong, Buk-gu, Pyeonggang Clinic in Geumjeong-gu, On Hospital in Busanjin-gu, as well as bathhouses, and medical institutions.

From the 5th to the 11th, during the second week of the special quarantine period, Busan City will extend the existing gathering ban on ▲entertainment facilities such as clubs, room salons, colatecs, danran pubs, emotional pubs, hunting pochas, and ▲direct sales promotion centers including door-to-door sales.

Additionally, a gathering ban order will be newly issued for ▲bathhouse businesses where confirmed cases have been occurring consecutively.

For ▲general restaurants, which are considered another source of infection in the region, a gathering restriction order will be issued mandating compliance with quarantine rules regardless of their size.

The existing gathering restriction orders will continue to apply to ▲large academies with over 300 people, ▲buffets, ▲karaoke rooms, ▲indoor group exercise facilities, ▲indoor standing concert venues, and ▲distribution logistics centers.

Busan City plans to monitor the infection trends and risk levels during this second week period and review whether to extend the measures accordingly.

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