"Clubs Close, Dancing Moves to Restaurants"...Mass Halloween Quarantine Violations Detected

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections on Halloween, Daegu City conducted quarantine inspections on the 30th and 31st of last month. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Hana Na] Daegu City conducted a special crackdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on Halloween Day, identifying 16 places that violated quarantine rules in entertainment district clusters.

According to Daegu City on the 1st, a joint inspection team was formed with the Daegu Police Agency and Jungbu Police Station for intensive COVID-19 enforcement on Halloween Day. On the 30th and 31st of last month, focused inspections were carried out at midnight, the peak usage time, in areas such as Dongseong-ro in Jung-gu, where large crowds were expected due to Halloween Day.

As a result, a total of 16 establishments were caught violating quarantine rules, the Food Sanitation Act, and laws related to the music industry promotion, including 12 general restaurants, 2 karaoke rooms, 1 danranjumeok (a type of hostess bar), and 1 entertainment bar.

Some general restaurants in Dongseong-ro were found to have engaged in illegal and irregular business operations by allowing customers to dance inside the restaurants, taking advantage of clubs voluntarily suspending operations to prevent COVID-19 on Halloween Day. The city plans to take administrative actions such as business suspension against 4 general restaurants involved in illegal irregular operations.

The city also identified 16 establishments in total, including 2 karaoke practice rooms that served alcohol, 2 entertainment bars whose employees did not undergo health checks, 6 places violating quarantine rules, and 2 places violating facility standards, and plans to impose administrative sanctions such as business suspension.

Kim Jae-dong, Director of Citizen Health at Daegu City, stated, "There was a possibility of cluster infections spreading starting from Halloween Day, which led to this inspection," and added, "We will continue inspections of establishments and facilities with a high risk of cluster infections to block local transmission of COVID-19."

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