Youngdeungpo-gu Conducts Regular Inspections and Special Disinfection of 35 Public Restrooms

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Youngdeungpo-gu in Suwon is conducting regular inspections and special disinfection of 35 public restrooms in the district from the 20th through the 25th.

Public restrooms refer to restrooms owned by corporations or individuals of a certain scale or larger that are opened to the public during designated hours for use by many citizens.

The regular inspections focused on sanitation management inside the restrooms, including checks of ▲the condition of public restroom directional signs ▲the cleanliness inside restrooms ▲the availability of toilet paper, soap, and hand sanitizer ▲the proper functioning of emergency call bells in women's restrooms.

The district has been implementing weekly disinfection of public restrooms since the outbreak of COVID-19. Regular inspections are conducted jointly by district personnel from the Residential Safety Division and the Environmental Management Mobile Response Team.

Jung Chul-ho, head of the Residential Safety Division, said, "In particular, we intensively disinfected areas with frequent physical contact such as restroom doors and handles. As public awareness regarding multi-use facilities has heightened due to COVID-19, we have instructed restroom managers to conduct continuous disinfection."