Partial Relaxation of Quarantine Rules in Gwangju... Restaurants Allowed to Operate Until 10 PM

Maintaining Social Distancing Level 2 and Ban on Private Gatherings of Five or More People

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju City has decided to ease quarantine rules for some facilities.

Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it will adjust the operating restriction hours for some multi-use facilities from 9 PM to 10 PM from the 8th to the 14th.

The facilities subject to the extended operating hours include restaurants, cafes, indoor sports facilities, karaoke rooms, door-to-door sales businesses, indoor standing concert halls, and party rooms.

However, social distancing level 2, prohibition of private gatherings of five or more people, and quarantine measures for the Lunar New Year holiday such as refraining from travel and movement will continue to be maintained.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters analyzed the epidemic situation based on the trend of patient occurrences and infection patterns over the past week and decided this considering that the COVID-19 situation is gradually improving in non-metropolitan areas excluding the metropolitan area.

Gwangju City has continued to experience sporadic double-digit cluster infections over the past week. However, considering the unbearable pain of small business owners and self-employed people who cannot operate properly for a long time, it decided to extend the operating hours of some facilities, like other cities and provinces in non-metropolitan areas.

Kim Jonghyo, Deputy Mayor of Gwangju City, said, “We ask all multi-use facilities to actively cooperate in complying with quarantine rules,” and added, “If infections occur in some facilities, we will take measures such as fines, closure orders for the facilities, and shortening operating hours for the same industry.”

He continued, “We will actively support citizens and facilities that sincerely comply with and cooperate with quarantine rules to minimize damage,” and emphasized, “We will strictly punish some citizens and facilities that threaten the safety of the Gwangju community through violations of quarantine rules or deviant behavior with a zero-tolerance policy.”

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