"Prevent Guro Call Center Outbreak Recurrence" Suwon City Conducts Full Inspection of High-Risk Business Facilities for Cluster Infections

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] As call center employees in Seoul's Guro District have been infected with COVID-19 in a cluster outbreak, Suwon City has launched a full inspection of business facilities within its jurisdiction that pose a high risk of cluster infections.

On the 11th, the city designated private call centers and other business facilities with high potential for cluster infections as "high-risk business facilities" and announced that it would begin emergency full inspections.

The high-risk business facilities cited by the city include private call centers, restaurants, jjimjilbangs, clubs, PC rooms, noraebang (singing rooms), gyms, small private academies, tutoring centers, nursing facilities and nursing hospitals, and insurance company sales offices—facilities where close contact among citizens is highly likely. The city also plans to establish guidelines based on the survey results.

The city noted that "high-risk business facilities," similar to the Guro call center case, are facilities where people often converse in enclosed spaces or fail to wear masks, and urged strict compliance with personal hygiene guidelines including social distancing and mask-wearing.