Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong Announces Social Distancing Level 2 Guidelines... Citizen Confusion

Yeosu City, Social Distancing Level 2 Guidelines... Different from Jeonnam Province, Example of Uncooperative Administration

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] On the afternoon of the 7th, Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong held a video briefing and announced that, in accordance with the government's decision, the social distancing system would be raised from level 1.5 to level 2 starting at midnight on the 8th for three weeks.

With the elevation of social distancing to level 2 in Yeosu, five types of entertainment facilities (danranjumeok, gamseongjumeok, colatec, clubs, hunting pocha) are prohibited from gathering, and key management facilities such as door-to-door sales, singing practice rooms, and indoor sports facilities must cease operations after 9 p.m.

Regarding this, criticism has arisen that Mayor Kwon Oh-bong raised social distancing to level 2 without knowing Jeollanam-do's social distancing level 2 policy.

Jeollanam-do's social distancing level 2 requires entertainment facilities of five types, singing practice rooms, and indoor sports facilities to stop operations after 10 p.m. only.

Unlike Jeollanam-do's social distancing level 2 guidelines, Yeosu prohibited gatherings at the five types of entertainment facilities, preventing them from operating, and while Jeollanam-do sets the operation cutoff time at 10 p.m., Yeosu has been criticized for reducing it by one hour to 9 p.m.

A Yeosu city official responded to these criticisms by saying, "We announced the level 2 criteria according to the government's policy," adding, "Yeosu announced it in the morning, but Jeollanam-do announced it in the afternoon," and "There will be adjustments this afternoon."

The Yeosu city official's explanation is false; Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong held a briefing in the afternoon the previous day, and during the investigation, Yeosu sent disaster text messages to citizens revising the operating hours for the five types of entertainment facilities to 10 p.m.

The fact that the social distancing level 2 elevation explained directly by Mayor Kwon Oh-bong differs from Jeollanam-do's guidelines shows that Yeosu is not communicating with Jeollanam-do, causing confusion among citizens due to disconnected administration.

As of the previous day, Yeosu had a total of 32 confirmed cases, including 13 overseas entrants.

Recently, over three days including the weekend, five confirmed cases have occurred, including two related to confirmed cases in Jungnang-gu, Seoul (cases 28 and 29), a Yeosu citizen working in the metropolitan area (case 30) and their family (case 31), and a teenager (case 32) who visited a restaurant in Incheon with family, causing the city authorities to be on alert.

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