"‘No Tolerance for Laxity’ Busan City Cracks Down on Entertainment Venues Violating Quarantine Rules"

Administrative Order to Prohibit Gathering and a Fine of 1.5 Million KRW Imposed on 5 Violating Entertainment Venues

Panoramic view of Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-joon) has issued an immediate 2-week closure administrative order and a fine of 1.5 million KRW to five entertainment establishments that violated quarantine rules.

On the 30th, Busan City announced that it conducted an emergency special inspection targeting entertainment facilities in Jung-gu, Seo-gu, and Yeongdo-gu following a series of infections in the fisheries industry that emerged on the 24th.

Busan City checked key quarantine rules such as whether employees underwent COVID-19 diagnostic tests and whether electronic entry logs were maintained.

This proactive response by Busan City aims to prevent a recurrence of the March case where COVID-19 infections among fisheries industry workers spread to a cluster infection originating from entertainment facilities.

The main violations of quarantine rules included ▲failure to conduct COVID-19 diagnostic tests for employees ▲use of handwritten visitor logs ▲failure to post or inform about quarantine rules ▲failure to maintain disinfection and ventilation logs ▲failure to prepare lists of entertainment workers.

Since the gradual easing of business hour restrictions from the 31st of last month, Busan City, along with district offices, police, and associations, mobilized all available personnel to conduct a full inspection of 4,157 entertainment establishments to ensure compliance with quarantine rules.

As a result, 18 establishments violating quarantine rules were identified and immediately subjected to a 2-week closure administrative order and other penalties.

Busan City is also deploying regular inspection teams to continuously guide and inspect key management facilities such as restaurants and cafes.

With the social distancing level set to be eased from the 1st of next month, the city plans to apply a zero-tolerance policy and enforce strong administrative measures upon detecting violations.

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