Jeonnam Province Issues Administrative Order for Weekly COVID-19 Testing of Bathhouse Workers

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province has issued an administrative order for bathhouse workers to undergo proactive testing once a week.

This measure comes in response to the recent consecutive infections occurring within bathhouses.

According to the province on the 1st, over the past two days, cluster infections involving users and workers occurred at two bathhouses in the province, resulting in a total of 15 confirmed cases spreading to families, workplaces, and others.

Immediately, a rapid response team was dispatched, and contact classification and epidemiological investigations were initiated. The results analyzed that the infection spread was due to contact with confirmed cases in enclosed spaces within the bathhouses.

Bathhouses are vulnerable to infections because it is difficult to ventilate enclosed spaces such as sweating rooms and jjimjilbangs, and there is frequent close contact among people through shared meals and social gatherings in waiting rooms.

Jeonnam Province plans to conduct diagnostic tests once a week for workers, including those fully vaccinated, and will thoroughly inspect compliance with the vaccine pass and visitor logs, mask-wearing, ventilation and disinfection, and designation of quarantine managers through special quarantine inspections.

Kang Young-gu, Director of the Health and Welfare Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “Even if you have received the second vaccination, the situation is not safe, and anyone can be exposed to infection,” and urged, “To prevent infection, avoid enclosed and crowded spaces, always wear masks wherever you are, and strictly follow personal quarantine rules such as regular ventilation and disinfection.”

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