Gimhae City Conducts Special Intensive Inspections of Entertainment Venues and Noraebang

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, will conduct a special intensive inspection of entertainment facilities and singing practice rooms in the area.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 3rd that it will conduct joint inspections to enforce quarantine rules amid growing concerns about the resurgence of COVID-19 infections through entertainment facilities and singing practice rooms.

Prior to the inspections, 742 entertainment facilities in the jurisdiction have been voluntarily closed from the 2nd to the 8th, and an administrative order banning gatherings for one week starting from the 1st has been issued for 66 singing practice rooms located in Naeoe-dong and Gusan-dong.

Starting today, the city will mobilize 50 public officials to inspect 206 singing practice rooms in the area for electronic entry logs and 080 Safe Call check-ins, symptom checks of entrants and prohibition of entry for symptomatic individuals, social distancing practices, mandatory mask-wearing by users, posting and guidance of quarantine rule posters, and limits on the number of users according to social distancing stages.

Additionally, an administrative order mandates that operators and related workers of entertainment venues, karaoke bars, holdem farms, and singing practice rooms undergo diagnostic testing at least once a week. As of the 2nd of this month, a total of 1,447 tests have been completed, and 2,200 self-test kits have been distributed to entertainment bars to support self-testing.

From the 9th, operators and workers of entertainment facilities and singing practice rooms will only be allowed entry if their diagnostic test results are negative. Violations of the rules will be met with strong measures such as gathering bans and fines under the one-strike-out system, and claims for damages will be pursued in case of confirmed cases.

A Gimhae City official urged, “This is a critical time when active participation and cooperation from business owners are urgently needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We ask everyone to be aware that all are responsible for quarantine and to strictly follow social distancing and quarantine rules.”

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