'One Strike Out' Gimhae City Orders 10-Day Suspension for 3 Entertainment Venues Violating Quarantine Rules

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] On the first day of the enforcement of the revised Infectious Disease Prevention Act enforcement regulations on the 8th, Gimhae City, Gyeongnam announced on the 9th that three entertainment establishments were caught violating the regulations.

Previously, a first violation of quarantine rules resulted only in a 'warning,' but due to the revision, the penalty has been strengthened to an immediate '10-day suspension of operations.'

Measures for the 2nd to 5th violations have also been increased by one level compared to the 1st to 4th violations, with penalties of 20 days for the 2nd violation, 3 months for the 3rd, and closure orders for the 4th violation.

The three establishments caught this time violated rules such as managing visitor logs and calculating and posting allowable occupancy, resulting in a 10-day suspension of operations and fines imposed by the city.

The city is conducting active inspections focusing on entertainment bars in the area in preparation for the 4th wave of COVID-19, and plans to apply a zero-tolerance policy to the establishments caught violating the rules.

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