Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Conducts Sanitation Inspection at Large Mart

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] Park Jinkyu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, visited distribution sites on the 30th to inspect the industry's quarantine management situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to listen to field opinions.

On the morning of the same day, Vice Minister Park visited the Lotte Mart Junggye branch to check the quarantine management status and urged the industry to remain especially vigilant as the number of spring outing visitors increases.

Vice Minister Park said, "With the increase in the floating population such as spring outing visitors and the prolonged quarantine measures causing fatigue among the public, COVID-19 quarantine management is becoming more difficult and challenging. The distribution industry, which is in direct contact with consumers and closely linked to the daily lives of the public, should maintain heightened vigilance and pay careful attention to safety management."

Since it is a special quarantine management week from the 26th of last month to the 2nd of next month, he also requested strengthening of self-quarantine management inspections and compliance with and implementation of quarantine rules.

Lotte Mart explained that they are implementing strengthened self-quarantine measures, including compliance with quarantine rules such as temperature checks for entrants, increased disinfection frequency of shared facilities, and additional disinfection by professional quarantine companies.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy plans to conduct more reinforced on-site inspections along with the ongoing thrice-weekly public-private joint inspections during the special quarantine management week. They will conduct inspections three times a day including by department heads and hold quarantine meetings with the distribution industry as needed.

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