Source: People's Daily
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People's Daily News In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic during Halloween, the South Korean government dispatched civil servants to stay in areas with dense nightclubs such as Gangnam and Itaewon to check whether various entertainment venues comply with epidemic prevention rules, and some nightclubs also voluntarily announced their closure. However, on the eve of Halloween on October 31, the area around Itaewon was bustling with people not wearing masks. In addition, a large number of young people in their twenties and thirties have flooded some entertainment venues, and some businesses have seriously violated the epidemic prevention code.
According to KBS News, during Halloween, Seoul City conducted centralized inspections on 299 places in areas with dense entertainment venues such as Itaewon, Gangnam-gu , Hongdae, etc. The results showed that most places closed down or strictly abide by epidemic prevention policies, but 14 places still failed to comply. Some places do not scan the code to register visitors, and some stores do not require chefs to wear masks.
It is reported that on Halloween on November 1, South Korea added 124 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, of which 101 were local cases and 23 were imported cases from abroad. Judging from the distribution of newly confirmed patients, 80% of the cases are distributed in the metropolitan area. 16 teachers and students from a high school in Jongno District, Seoul were diagnosed with the new coronavirus. New confirmed cases also occurred in areas where small-scale outbreaks of collective infections such as Dongdaemun District Nursing Home, Songpa District Hospital, Gangnam District Bath Center and other small-scale outbreaks of collective infections were also reported. In addition, , Gyeonggi-do, , and Gyeongnam areas also experienced infections of different scales. (Translated by: Shen Yuhuan, Intern Zhang Yingdong, Reviewed by: Wu Sanye)
