[사회]Keep your distance from the front, call the DJ from behind, dance? … Seoul City Holds a Promotional Event

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The Seoul Metropolitan Government operates a pop-up store in Hongdae that sells promotional products for Seoul with companies.

I also called in a DJ to dance to get attention.

With the distance spacing raised to 1.5 levels, nearby merchants are very confident that there may be a group infection.

Reporter Eom Yun-ju reports.

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A street in Seogyo-dong, Seoul.

In front of the blue container, people are busy opening their desks, taking out items, and getting ready for business.

Since the 13th, products using the symbols of Seoul have been sold here.

This event, held by the city of Seoul with more than 20 private companies, will run until Sunday.

A DJ booth installed less than 50m from here.

Play music and perform in the evening to boost the atmosphere of the event.

But when I looked closely, the audience shook and danced, and the DJ wasn’t even wearing a mask.

Although the social distancing was updated to 1.5 steps, the event continued as scheduled.

According to quarantine guidelines, the club was forbidden to dance or move between seats, but with permission from Mapo-gu, they dance in the middle of the street.

[박정현 / 서울 연남동 : 아무래도 사람이 많이 다니는 곳에 이목을 크게 끌 만한 상점을 설치하는 게 현재 확진자가 하루에 300명이 나오는 상황에서 부적절한 것이 아닌가 생각됩니다.] [박혜정 / 서울 장안동 : 그냥 온라인 스토어로 활발하게 했다면 좋았을 것도 같고, 굳이 지금 할 필요는 없었다….]

Still, traders cannot hide their anxiety due to the number of confirmed cases from Hongik University and other universities.

[정선국 / 홍대 상인 : 거리 두기 1.5단계로 격상되고 하루에 200~300명씩 늘어나는 상황에서 이게 어불성설인 것 같아요. 지금 타이밍이 사람들 관심 끌거나 이럴 때가 아닌데.]

No matter how much they report, merchants are frustrated with the city’s silent response.

In particular, I am concerned that there is a ‘Hongdae group infection’ like the Itaewon club group infection in May.

[홍대 상인 : 지금 서울시에서 약 10일 동안 하는 행사를 통해서 코로나19가 혹시라도 터지고 그 확진자가 나오면, 홍대에 코로나19 터졌다는 게 전 두려운 거죠. 저희 가게나 이곳 상인들도 거기에 대해서 다 떠안는 거잖아요.]

In response, Mapo-gu explained that he was inspecting whether quarantine regulations were being followed, saying the event was allowed on the condition that quarantine regulations were followed.

[마포구청 관계자 : 용역사 측에서 공연 준비를 하는데 비용을 많이 쓰셨다고 하더라고요. 그럼 방역 수칙을 지키고 하라고 말씀을 드린 거에요.]

The city of Seoul, which originally planned the event, also announced that it would move forward one day before the originally scheduled demolition date.

However, it is questionable whether the withdrawal of the event the day before is significant in a situation in which it is inevitable to consider the second stage of distancing from the spread of the infection.

YTN Eom Yunju[[email protected]]it is.

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