Nightclubs and Bars to Reopen in Seoul
It will be interesting to see how eager the people in Seoul are to rush back to these nightclubs and hostess bars:
Seoul health authorities warned clubs that reopened Monday after a 12-day operation ban to strictly abide by hygiene guidelines or face another shutdown order.All nightclubs, hostess and karaoke bars and other nighttime establishments in Seoul, called the “entertainment industry” in Korean, were forced to close on April 8 after a hostess in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, tested positive for the coronavirus.
They were allowed to open on Monday, a day after the central government’s so-called high-intensity social distancing campaign wrapped up.
The high-intensity campaign did formally end on Sunday, but central government officials said that didn’t mean social distancing was entirely over. Authorities outlined a new campaign that will last 16 days from Monday through Children’s Day on May 5, easing several guidelines in the campaign that ran for four weeks but fundamentally leaving hygiene recommendations intact.
Joong Ang Ilbo
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Looks like more USFK Soldiers are going to be on the blotter!
Make sure to stand 2 meters apart on the dance floor, eh?
Since the whole purpose of going to bars and clubs is to socialize, maybe they should change “social distancing” to “prophylactic distancing”
… then designers can start producing “prophylactic personal protective equipment” for your nights out on the town?
setnaffa: Over here in Beijing, I’ve seen the “dancing aunties” (actually “dancing aunties and uncles”) at one park. Each couple was ensuring they stayed approximately three meters away from the other couples. My thought was, “Hey, they should bring back the 1950s/60s/70s dancing where the partners don’t even touch each other”.
LOL with both of you!! Thanks!