Since the start of the pandemic, more than 170,000 people have been confirmed infected with the coronavirus.
Due to increasing infection in recent days, the authorities in the South Korean capital have now tightened the infection control rules.
Among other things, they now ban fast songs, ie songs with over 120 beats per minute (BPM), in group training hours, writes BBC.
This means that the Journey song Don’t Stop Believin ‘is exactly within the rules, with its 119 BPM, while Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want to Have Fun is too fast, with 121 BPM.
Fear of death
Prevents sweat splashes
The purpose of the rule is to prevent people from breathing heavily or splashing sweat on each other, thus spreading corona infection.
At the same time, they are introducing a speed limit on the treadmills of six kilometers per hour, for the same reason, writes BBC.
In addition, residents of Seoul can spend a maximum of two hours at the fitness center and must leave before 22:00. In addition, you can not use the showers.
– Understand you get frustrated
Delta outbreak
The country is now in its biggest corona outbreak since the pandemic started, with seven days in a row with over 1000 cases of infection, writes Reuters.
The background should be an outbreak with the highly contagious delta variant.
In addition, the vaccination process is slower now than before. The reason for this is that 1.85 million Moderna doses were not delivered as planned.
At most, the country sat 850,000 doses a day, while they now set around 30,000 doses a day. The country is still ahead of schedule for vaccination.
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Just over 30 per cent of the country’s 52 million inhabitants have received one dose, while around 11 per cent have been fully vaccinated.
– Due to strong demand, 1.85 million Moderna doses were fully booked, and those who have not reserved a vaccination appointment can do so from 19 July, the Korean infection control agency KDCA writes in a statement.
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– How to check the playlists?
The new rules have created great frustration among both politicians and those who own gyms in the city.
“Playing merry songs gets our members in a better mood and creates a better atmosphere, but my biggest question is whether playing classical music or songs by the boy band BTS has been proven to have any effect on the spread of infection,” says fitness center owner Kang Hyun-ku. to Reuters.
– Many people use their own headsets and other devices these days, and how do you control these playlists, he asks.
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