Entertainment Venues and Multi-Use Facilities 'Assembly Ban' Extended Until 21st
Suwon NewsPublished 2020.06.07 19:22
Province targets 8,376 entertainment establishments including karaoke bars, clubs, collatecks, and coin noraebangSeoul Metropolitan Area viewed as tense crisis situation; restrictions on crowded and enclosed facilities deemed unavoidableReview committees established in 31 cities and counties to deliberate and decide on lifting administrative orders
[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 7th that it has decided to extend the assembly ban order issued for two weeks on multi-use facilities including entertainment establishments and coin karaoke rooms from the 23rd of last month through the 7th of this month for an additional two weeks.
This comes as COVID-19 cluster infections are rapidly spreading in multi-use facilities in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. The province will carry out 'extension of assembly ban on multi-use facilities to prevent COVID-19 spread' measures from the 8th through the 21st.
Previously, the province issued an administrative assembly ban on these facilities from the 23rd of last month until midnight on the 7th of this month.
The assembly ban targets 5,536 entertainment establishments (clubs, room salons, stand bars, cabarets, karaoke clubs, karaoke bars, etc.), 133 ambiance bars, 65 collatecks, 1,964 standalone drinking establishments, and 678 coin karaoke rooms, totaling 8,376 venues.
These facilities must immediately cease operations, and violations may result in fines of up to 3 million won imposed on both business owners and users under the Infectious Disease Prevention Act. In the event of confirmed cases resulting from violations, the province plans to implement all legally permissible sanctions including claims for reimbursement of all quarantine-related expenses—including investigations, testing, and treatment—and compensation claims against business owners or facility users.
However, considering the burden on business owners, this assembly ban differs from previous administrative orders in that it is 'conditional.' The province plans to lift the assembly ban for businesses that submit a 'management condition commitment letter' independently prepared by cities and counties.
Management conditions include ▲utilizing visitor management systems through mobile QR code authentication ▲installing CCTV at facility entrances ▲limiting occupancy to one person per 4㎡ of licensed floor area or one person per 1㎡ of customer space (halls, private rooms, etc.) for crowded facilities ▲maintaining 1m distance between tables, conducting ventilation and disinfection at least twice daily ▲checking body temperature and respiratory symptoms at entrances and confirming recent overseas travel history ▲mandatory mask wearing by all owners, employees, and users ▲maintaining minimum distance of 1m to 2m between users within the facility, etc.
To this end, the province will establish review committees in 31 cities and counties capable of deliberating and deciding on lifting measures, while requiring submission of the status of business establishments with assembly ban orders lifted through review committees from the administrative order announcement date through the lifting date.
A provincial official stated, "As infection cases are increasing in unpredictable locations within the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the risk of additional community spread is high, and in particular, numerous cases have occurred due to close contact between users at multi-use facilities, so the administrative order has been extended as an emergency measure to prevent this."
The assembly ban targets 5,536 entertainment establishments (clubs, room salons, stand bars, cabarets, karaoke clubs, karaoke bars, etc.), 133 ambiance bars, 65 collatecks, 1,964 standalone drinking establishments, and 678 coin karaoke rooms, totaling 8,376 venues.
These facilities must immediately cease operations, and violations may result in fines of up to 3 million won imposed on both business owners and users under the Infectious Disease Prevention Act. In the event of confirmed cases resulting from violations, the province plans to implement all legally permissible sanctions including claims for reimbursement of all quarantine-related expenses—including investigations, testing, and treatment—and compensation claims against business owners or facility users.
However, considering the burden on business owners, this assembly ban differs from previous administrative orders in that it is 'conditional.' The province plans to lift the assembly ban for businesses that submit a 'management condition commitment letter' independently prepared by cities and counties.
Management conditions include ▲utilizing visitor management systems through mobile QR code authentication ▲installing CCTV at facility entrances ▲limiting occupancy to one person per 4㎡ of licensed floor area or one person per 1㎡ of customer space (halls, private rooms, etc.) for crowded facilities ▲maintaining 1m distance between tables, conducting ventilation and disinfection at least twice daily ▲checking body temperature and respiratory symptoms at entrances and confirming recent overseas travel history ▲mandatory mask wearing by all owners, employees, and users ▲maintaining minimum distance of 1m to 2m between users within the facility, etc.
To this end, the province will establish review committees in 31 cities and counties capable of deliberating and deciding on lifting measures, while requiring submission of the status of business establishments with assembly ban orders lifted through review committees from the administrative order announcement date through the lifting date.
A provincial official stated, "As infection cases are increasing in unpredictable locations within the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the risk of additional community spread is high, and in particular, numerous cases have occurred due to close contact between users at multi-use facilities, so the administrative order has been extended as an emergency measure to prevent this."
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