Jinju City Deploys 151 'Quarantine Assistants' to Block Bathhouse-Originated Local Infections

"Expecting Compliance with Strengthened Quarantine Rules Including Ban on Moon Bathing"

COVID-19 Quarantine Helper Training Scene [Image Source=Jinju City]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 2nd that it will deploy 151 'disinfection assistants' to public bathhouses in the area to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the bathhouse industry.

Previously, Jinju City recruited disinfection assistants for the bathhouse industry from the 15th to the 22nd of last month. On the 2nd, job training was conducted twice, and the city plans to assign 1 to 2 disinfection assistants per facility according to size, coinciding with the reopening of bathhouses following the lifting of the administrative order to close them.

The city plans to guide and ensure strict compliance with enhanced bathhouse disinfection rules, such as prohibition of nighttime bathing, prohibition of using the same bathhouse more than twice a day, and mandatory wearing of waterproof masks, following the deployment of disinfection assistants in the bathhouse industry.

Jinju City explained that this deployment of disinfection assistants provides new job opportunities for vulnerable groups and citizens who have experienced unemployment or business closure due to COVID-19, supporting those in need of livelihood assistance amid the local economic downturn.

A Jinju City official stated, "Even with disinfection assistants deployed and active, by checking the CCTV installed mandatorily at each bathhouse entrance and conducting thorough inspections of compliance with disinfection rules, we believe we can eradicate the root causes of local COVID-19 infections originating from bathhouses."

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