<Anchor> As mentioned in the
previous report, the 31st will be Halloween.
Originally, it is an event that attracts 100,000 people in Itaewon, Seoul alone, so the authorities are worried that a group infection will occur.
Six days later, it's Halloween Day, and concerns are already emerging.
This is Jung Joon-ho.
<Reporter> An
entertainment district around Itaewon in Seoul last night (24th), a week before Halloween Day.
It is full of people even though it is near midnight.
Most of them wear masks and observe the quarantine rules, but some businesses do not keep a distance of 1 meter between tables.
[Park Kyung-oh/Seoul Food Safety Team Leader: The distance between tables is not more than 1m.
now.
It's only 50cm tall.]
There was also a pub where the staff didn't wear a mask.
[Park Kyung-oh/Seoul Food Safety Team Leader: Cooking workers should never cook without wearing masks.
It's not all turned on right now.] This
is a club that recently reopened.
There are notices that people ask to maintain the gap, and people who do not wear masks are noticeable everywhere.
According to the quarantine rule, which limits the number of people to 1 per 4㎡, only 264 people should enter this club, but in reality there were over 450 people.
As a result of last night's inspection of 165 businesses in Hongdae, Gangnam, and Itaewon, 25 businesses did not comply with the quarantine regulations.
There was even a public petition asking for a ban on club parties for fear of a second club foot infection, but the atmosphere on the scene is different.
Seoul City is working with the police to crack down on entertainment districts this weekend during Halloween Day.
However, it is pointed out that even if the quarantine rules are violated, it takes more than one day to prohibit the assembly of the autonomous district, which is the business licensee, in the administrative procedure, so there is a limit to crackdown.
(Video coverage: Cho Chang-hyun, video editing: Park Ji-in)