Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Thorough Disinfection of Public Transportation in Response to Novel Coronavirus"

"Strengthen Quarantine Response System Meticulously Without the Slightest Gap"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] On the 5th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, visited public transportation sites frequently used by citizens to inspect preventive activities against the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.

On that day, Mayor Lee visited the waiting room of Namgwangju Station of the urban railway, adjacent to Chonnam National University Hospital and Chosun University Hospital, directly participated in disinfection work, and reviewed various preventive measures.

First, Mayor Lee received a status report from Yoon Jin-bo, President of Gwangju Urban Railway Corporation, and officials, and instructed to strengthen disinfection of the subway station and inside the vehicles.

Gwangju Urban Railway Corporation is currently increasing the disinfection of trains, which was conducted once a month, to once a week, and is strengthening disinfection by spraying disinfectant frequently on places passengers mainly touch, such as handrails and vertical poles.

Also, at each station, escalator handrails and elevator buttons, which customers frequently touch, are disinfected frequently, disposable tickets are sterilized daily, and hand sanitizers are provided at each station.

On that day, after participating in disinfection work in the waiting room, gates, and convenience facilities, Mayor Lee guided citizens using the station on the correct way to wear masks and wash hands, urging them to thoroughly maintain personal hygiene.

In particular, he ordered to strengthen preventive activities at public transportation sites frequently used by citizens, such as city buses, taxis, and urban railways.

Gwangju City is focusing on disinfection and cleaning once a day at transportation facilities such as bus terminals, garages, and taxi garages to prevent the novel coronavirus on city buses.

City buses and taxis disinfect pillars inside the vehicles, chair handrails, backrests, fare boxes, etc., which passengers frequently touch, after each operation, and have strengthened prevention activities against the novel coronavirus by requiring drivers to wear masks and providing hand sanitizers for passengers.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Since urban railways and city buses are used by many citizens every day, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection, the disinfection response system must be strengthened meticulously without any gaps,” and added, “I hope everyone responds with a sense of mission to ensure citizens’ safety and fully mobilize local crisis management capabilities.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju City upgraded the Disaster Countermeasure Support Headquarters, which has been operating since the 29th of last month, to the Regional Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters led by the mayor on the 3rd, and is making every effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.

On the 4th, a joint countermeasure meeting was held presided over by Mayor Lee Yong-seop, with participation from city and district offices, medical institutions, educational institutions, police, military, immigration office, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, deciding to mobilize all human and material resources available in each institution and the local community for response.

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