Dobong-gu Conducts Comprehensive On-site Inspections of Over 3,400 Key Management Facilities Including Restaurants and Cafes

Mass On-Site Inspection of Compliance with Quarantine Rules at Entertainment Venues, Restaurants/Cafes, Academies, and Bathhouses

Lee Dong-jin, the mayor of Dobong-gu, is holding an emergency quarantine meeting in response to the resurgence of COVID-19.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dobong-gu (Mayor Lee Dong-jin) is conducting on-site inspections of approximately 3,450 locations, including key management facilities and general management facilities, to block community transmission amid the ongoing third wave of COVID-19 and the spread of infections in the metropolitan area.

The inspection targets include about 410 key management facilities and approximately 3,040 general management facilities.

Currently, Dobong-gu's key management facilities include 23 entertainment bars, 2 colatecs, 48 karaoke bars, about 170 singing practice rooms, 2 indoor standing performance halls, over 3,200 restaurants and cafes, and 6 sales promotion centers.

From November 24 to December 7, the district has formed day and night inspection teams to check 73 locations subject to gathering bans within the district (23 entertainment bars, 48 karaoke bars, 2 colatecs) and restaurants, inspecting compliance with quarantine rules such as ▲ adherence to business hours and ▲ management of visitor logs.

Additionally, about 910 general management facilities such as bathhouses and beauty salons are being inspected according to their facility characteristics for ▲ mask-wearing, ▲ visitor log management, ▲ limitation on the number of users, and ▲ prohibition of operation of all sweating rooms in saunas, Korean steam rooms, and jjimjilbang facilities.

In particular, following the Seoul Metropolitan Government's strengthened social distancing level 2 '+α', an administrative order banning gatherings has been issued for 18 indoor sports facilities including 3 dance halls, which offer intense GX classes such as Zumba, spinning, and aerobics, and these facilities have been closed from November 24 to December 7.

The district has organized inspection teams composed of Dobong-gu office employees in pairs of two, conducting on-site inspections of all indoor sports facilities in the district, including 18 gathering-ban facilities and 353 indoor sports facilities required to comply with quarantine rules, from November 24 until the end of December.

The inspection teams verify compliance with quarantine guidelines such as ▲ enforcement of business suspension at gathering-ban establishments, ▲ restrictions on the use of shower rooms within indoor sports facilities (excluding swimming pools), ▲ enhanced mask-wearing management by the sports facilities themselves, ▲ prohibition of food consumption, management of visitor logs and capacity limits, maintaining a 2-meter distance between users, and ▲ confirmation of closure after 9 p.m., and strongly guide against non-compliance with penalties.

Furthermore, the district inspects nine large distribution facilities (over 3,000㎡) within the area until the end of the year for compliance with Seoul-style detailed quarantine rules according to distancing levels, including mask-wearing, disinfection of shared items, and availability of hand sanitizers. It also inspects about 370 religious facilities for compliance with rules such as participation limited to 20% of seating capacity, prohibition of various gatherings and events, and ban on group meals.

Moreover, to ensure examinees can safely take the college entrance exam, the district is inspecting over 650 locations such as academies and study cafes for compliance with quarantine rules including mask-wearing, prohibition of food consumption, and limiting occupancy of group rooms to 50%.

Lee Dong-jin, Mayor of Dobong-gu, stated, “This is a critical time requiring conscious effort and practice from everyone to prevent the third wave of the coronavirus infection.” He urged, “Please strictly follow personal quarantine rules such as wearing masks and social distancing, and we earnestly ask that all gatherings be stopped until the end of the year.”

The inspection team is conducting an on-site inspection at the indoor gymnasium located in Changdong on the 1st.

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