Muan-gun Implements 'Customized Quarantine' to Prevent COVID-19 Spread During Lunar New Year Holiday

Inspection of Commercial Facilities... Dedicated Personnel Assigned for Fever Checks at Park Cemeteries

Last year, a temperature check was conducted at the entrance of Yudal Park Cemetery during Chuseok. (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) announced on the 29th that it will implement customized quarantine measures for funeral facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and infectious diseases, anticipating an increase in visitors to funeral facilities such as ancestral rites and memorial visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday.

The county introduced online memorial and ancestral rite services at funeral facilities, implemented a pre-reservation system for memorial visitors to promote a non-face-to-face ancestral rite (memorial) system, and established a quarantine system to prevent infectious diseases among memorial and ancestral rite visitors by closing the ritual room and family rest area in indoor enshrinement facilities and completely banning indoor food consumption.

Additionally, during the Lunar New Year holiday, dedicated personnel will be stationed at the main entrance of the park cemetery to check visitors' temperatures, control entry of those showing symptoms of infectious diseases, record visitor lists, check mask-wearing, and guide compliance with 'social distancing' by maintaining a distance of at least 2 meters between people.

In particular, banners requesting cooperation to refrain from visiting ancestral rites are posted throughout the county, and efforts are being made to minimize the number of memorial and ancestral rite visitors.

A Muan-gun official said, "For this Lunar New Year holiday, we ask everyone to visit their hometown with the minimum number of people, reduce the time spent there, and perform ancestral rites in advance for the safety of beloved family, relatives, and neighbors," adding, "We will carry out thorough quarantine measures so that everyone can have a safe and comfortable Lunar New Year holiday."

Governor Kim San urged, "Regarding the spread of COVID-19, please refrain from traveling as much as possible during the Lunar New Year holiday, which will be the biggest challenge in the first half of the year, and participate in social distancing."

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