Yongin City Conducts Emergency Quarantine Inspections at 12 Apartment Complex Saunas

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Yongin City conducted emergency quarantine inspections on sauna facilities within apartment complexes on the 2nd.

The measure comes as usage of sauna facilities in complexes has increased with the transition to phased recovery of daily life, and multiple confirmed COVID-19 cases have recently emerged at sauna facilities in elderly welfare housing complexes within the city.

The inspection targets sauna facilities used by residents at 12 multi-unit housing complexes, including Hyosung Harrington Place in Yeongdeok-dong, Giheung-gu, and Dongcheon Zai Apartments in Dongcheon-dong, Suji-gu.

The city formed a special inspection team that day to intensively check operational status including mask-wearing compliance by sauna users, verification of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and negative test confirmations, and management of visitor logs.

Oh After-seok, First Vice Mayor of Yongin City, who led the on-site inspection, said, "As confirmed cases have surged with the transition to phased recovery of daily life, facility management authorities should pay attention to ensuring that community facility users strictly follow personal quarantine guidelines."

He added, "If confirmed cases occur and visitor logs are well-managed, we can quickly identify and test contacts to prevent cluster infections. Please manage facilities even more thoroughly," he stressed.