Suncheon-si Implements Special Measures to Strengthen COVID-19 Prevention During Year-End and New Year Period

According to Central Government Policy, Ban on Gatherings of Five or More People Until January 3 Next Year, etc.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) has strengthened quarantine management in accordance with the central government's special measures to reinforce quarantine during the year-end and New Year period to block the spread of COVID-19.

This special quarantine reinforcement measure is a short-term nationwide strengthening of COVID-19 quarantine management for high-risk facilities such as religious facilities and nursing facilities, as well as gatherings, parties, tourism, and travel, considering the characteristics of Christmas and the year-end and New Year holidays. It will be implemented from midnight on the 24th until January 3rd of next year.

▲ Nursing facilities and nursing hospitals will control the entry of outsiders such as visitors, prohibit private gatherings of workers, and mandate diagnostic testing for workers every two weeks.

▲ Religious facilities will apply level 2.5, switching worship services, masses, and Buddhist ceremonies to non-face-to-face formats, and gatherings and meals are prohibited.

However, gatherings of up to 20 people, including personnel for video production and broadcasting for non-face-to-face purposes, are allowed.

To minimize Christmas and year-end and New Year gatherings and travel, ▲ private gatherings of five or more people are strongly recommended to be prohibited, ▲ party rooms used as venues for gatherings and parties are banned from assembly, and ▲ restaurants are prohibited from accepting reservations and accompanying entries of five or more people. However, cohabiting family members are excluded.

▲ Movie theaters must leave one seat empty between seats and cease operations after 9 p.m., and ▲ performance venues will implement two-seat spacing.

▲ Department stores and large marts are required to conduct temperature checks, prohibit tasting, sampling, and use of samples, ban promotional events, and prohibit the use of customer rest areas (lounges, chairs, etc.).

▲ Winter sports facilities such as ski resorts, sledding hills, and skating rinks are banned from assembly, ▲ lodging facilities are limited to reservations within 50% of rooms, and the number of occupants exceeding the room capacity is prohibited.

▲ Due to the closure of tourist attractions such as sunrise and sunset viewing spots, entry to Waon and Hwapo beaches and Bonghwasan Mountain is also restricted.

Suncheon City has decided to extend social distancing level 2, which was to be applied until the 28th for facilities not included in this special measure, until January 3rd of next year, the period of the special measures.

A Suncheon City official said, "It is expected that many people will experience inconvenience, but this is an unavoidable measure for quarantine to block the current nationwide spread," and added, "We ask for active cooperation with these quarantine measures so that this brief pause can bring significant effects in quarantine."

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