Gwangju City to Operate Special Period for Compliance with Quarantine Rules Until the 28th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 16th that, following the extension of social distancing level 1.5 from the 15th to the 28th, it has designated this period as a "Special Period for Compliance with Quarantine Rules" and will inspect all industry-related facilities.

This inspection is in line with the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) designating the metropolitan area as a special measures period and non-metropolitan areas as a special period for compliance with quarantine rules. The focus is on COVID-19 prevention, and the city, district offices, education office, police agency, and councils will conduct joint special inspections, along with self-inspections at nursing hospitals and other facilities.

Although Gwangju has shown stability with an average of 5.7 confirmed cases per day over the past week, considering the occurrence of about 110 confirmed cases related to an insurance call center, the city plans to make every effort to maintain the stable trend of confirmed cases.

First, ▲priority inspections on facilities where no cases have occurred so far in Gwangju, such as daycare centers, wedding halls, and funeral halls ▲focused inspections on vulnerable group outbreak facilities such as religious facilities, nursing hospitals and facilities, and unauthorized schools to check for improvements ▲continued inspections on foreign worker workplaces, bathhouses, jjimjilbangs, and indoor and outdoor sports facilities, which are already under inspection, focusing on facilities with high infection risk to thoroughly check for any blind spots in quarantine.

If core quarantine rules are violated as a result of the inspections, strict administrative measures will be taken.

Additionally, to foster a social distancing atmosphere based on autonomy and responsibility, self-inspections will be promoted for nursing hospitals and facilities, social welfare facilities, and others.

Self-inspections will require quarantine managers to conduct internal checks and submit the inspection results, and related associations will lead self-inspections for the food service and lodging industries.

Moon Beom-su, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, said, “Strict adherence to quarantine rules can prevent greater damage,” and added, “We hope facilities subject to self-inspections will actively participate.”

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