'Depressed Tourist City' Gyeongju Bans Gatherings of 5 or More... Lodging Facilities Limited to 50%

Three More Confirmed Cases on the 22nd... Total Confirmed Cases Reach 179 as of 5 PM

Mayor Jun Nak-yeong of Gyeongju City briefing on the COVID-19 situation.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongju City announced on the 22nd that it will implement strengthened quarantine measures equivalent to level 3 starting at midnight on the 24th, in accordance with the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters' special measures to strengthen quarantine during the year-end and New Year period.

These strengthened measures will be in effect until midnight on January 3rd of next year. The level of measures may be adjusted flexibly depending on the quarantine situation. Accordingly, all gatherings of five or more people will be prohibited starting at midnight on the 24th.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, Gyeongju City held an emergency working-level countermeasure meeting chaired by the Safety Policy Division to discuss future plans in accordance with the special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year period. Following the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters' special measures, restrictions such as limiting hotel and other accommodation reservations to 50%, closing sunrise tourist sites, and switching religious activities to non-face-to-face formats will be fully implemented.

Meanwhile, in Gyeongju City, since the confirmation of a female student from the Yeungnam University College of Music (Gyeongju case number 102) on the 28th of last month, 75 people have been infected in a chain of transmissions as of the 21st, with n-th generation infections continuing to spread in areas such as Angang-eup.

As of 5 p.m. on the 22nd, new confirmed cases have been added, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to 179.

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