[사회]’Halloween Day’ is coming … Itaewon club returns to ’emergency’ quarantine

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Ghost pumpkins and skeletons, various grotesque makeups.

‘Halloween Day’, a festival originating in the British and American regions, has been enjoyed by many young people in Korea for several years.

The 31st will be ‘Halloween Day’.

The problem is that Corona 19 is in full swing.

As young people wanting to enjoy a party flock to the clubs, there is growing concern that the latest ‘Itaewon club group infection’ will replay.

Reporter Lim Seong-ho reports.

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A joint implementation team from the local government visited a club in Itaewon, Seoul.

We are here to make sure the quarantine rules are followed.

“Due to quarantine regulations … (We are now operating with a reservation system. Guests who have not made a reservation cannot enter).

The guests wore masks and sat with empty tables in the middle.

[유태혁 / 클럽 대표 : (테이블 간) 거리 2m 이상을 준수해서 핼러윈 데이를 준비하고 있습니다.]

Other nearby clubs.

It was full of customers who took off their masks.

“(Because guests come and go …) Even if you come and go, if you limit the maximum number of people here, there aren’t that many.”

In Itaewon, Seoul, where entertainment facilities such as clubs are concentrated, 100,000 people attend every year during the period of ‘Halloween Day’.

Because of this, there is a growing concern that the ‘Club Itaewon’ group infection in May will be repeated with the upcoming ‘Halloween Day’.

The concern is that the number of additional confirmed patients per day, which used to be in the single digits at the time, is now in the 100s.

[정세균 / 국무총리 : 사회적 거리 두기로 억눌려온 젊은 층의 활동 욕구가 느슨한 경각심을 틈타 폭발적으로 늘어날 가능성이 있습니다.]

Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where Itaewon belongs, requested that they refrain from visiting Itaewon during the “Halloween Day” period.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has formed a joint law enforcement team with related organizations such as the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

By the 3rd of next month, we plan to check whether high-risk facilities such as hottest clubs and pubs in Itaewon, Hongdae and Gangnam adhere to quarantine rules such as ‘staff restriction and break time operation’.

[박경오 / 서울시 식품정책과 식품안전팀장 : 술집들을 점검해보니까 아직도 거리 두기가 안 되고 종사자나 영업주가 마스크를 미착용하는 등 (방역 수칙을) 미준수하는 경우가 꽤 있어서 확인서 받고 집합금지 명령을 내릴 예정입니다.]

The government plans to crack down, such as suspending businesses and imposing fines, even if it is detected only once for businesses that violate basic quarantine rules.

This is YTN Seongho Lim.

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