Mokpo City Declares 'Full-Scale War on COVID-19', Strong Action Against Businesses Violating Quarantine Rules

Joint Inspection with Jeonnam Province and Police Stations... Administrative Action Planned for Businesses Not Implementing Quarantine Pass

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seunghyun Jeong] Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 19th that it will take strong measures against businesses violating quarantine rules to suppress the spread of COVID-19.

On the 17th, the city conducted a joint nighttime inspection of 57 establishments including entertainment venues, karaoke rooms, colatecs, restaurants, and cafes together with Jeollanam-do and Mokpo Police Station, uncovering 10 violations of quarantine rules such as unverified vaccination and failure to wear masks.

Most businesses complied with operating hour restrictions, but some entertainment facilities in Yongdang-dong, where cluster infections occurred among seafarers and entertainment venues, were found to have violated quarantine rules. The city plans to take administrative action against one entertainment bar that did not implement the quarantine pass and will continue to conduct regular quarantine inspections.

The city is also focusing on selective testing alongside inspections. Operating a mobile selective testing site, it collected samples from 447 people at Company A in Sanjeong Industrial Complex and other locations on the 17th and 18th.

Going forward, the city plans to operate mobile selective testing sites for 12 organizations that have applied for testing, including construction sites, the International Football Center, traditional markets, Daeyang Industrial Complex, Sapjin Industrial Complex, Sanjeong Industrial Complex, and city bus companies.

Additionally, since the 18th, a temporary selective testing site has been operating in the parking lot of the Korea Island Promotion Agency, with 191 people participating in tests. The city intends to encourage shipowners and others to undergo diagnostic testing to block infections originating from seafarers. Alongside this, as a worker at an employment agency tested positive, the city is promoting compliance with quarantine rules at employment agencies.

The city is also working to activate home treatment in response to the rapid increase in confirmed cases. Currently, there are 160 people under home treatment and 5 dedicated doctors, and the city is negotiating with hospitals to secure additional dedicated doctors.

Meanwhile, from the 18th, the quarantine pass requirement has been partially lifted for certain facilities. The exempted facilities include six types: study rooms and study cafes, libraries, museums, art galleries, science centers, marts and department stores, and academies (quarantine pass still applies to performing arts such as acting, wind instruments, and vocal music), as well as movie theaters and performance halls (quarantine pass applies to large-scale unofficial performances).

Eleven types of facilities remain subject to the current quarantine pass requirements, including entertainment facilities, indoor sports facilities, karaoke rooms, bathhouses, horse racing, bicycle racing, motorboat racing, PC rooms, restaurants and cafes, party rooms, multi-rooms, massage parlors and massage businesses, and indoor sports event viewing venues.

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