Naju-si, All-Out Effort to Block the Spread of COVID-19

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 6th that it held a ‘Joint Countermeasure Meeting with Related Organizations for Response to the Novel Coronavirus Infection’ at the City Hall Ihwa Room to discuss quarantine measures and others.

The city decided to form a Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters led by Mayor Kang In-gyu and to fully activate four quarantine task force teams and seven response support teams.

Earlier, on the 4th, the city placed family members who had contact with the 16th and 22nd confirmed cases under self-quarantine and conducted comprehensive disinfection and sterilization of residential areas, nearby terminals, bus stops, and public facilities, as well as temporarily closed 23 village senior centers.

Additionally, 16 elderly leisure welfare facilities and multi-use facilities vulnerable to virus infection within the jurisdiction were temporarily closed.

The temporary closure targets include four elderly leisure welfare facilities (Naju Senior Welfare Center, Yeongsanpo Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, Jungbu Senior Welfare Center, and Nampyeong Home Care Welfare Center) and 12 public bathhouses located in townships.

From this day forward until the infectious disease crisis alert is lowered, the Disaster and Safety Situation Room will operate 24-hour emergency duty with three shifts per day.

Preventive materials such as promotional leaflets from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, masks, and hand sanitizers were placed in all daycare centers, local children’s centers, libraries, tourist information centers, bus terminals, bus stops, and other multi-use facilities. Approximately 300,000 health masks (KF94) will also be distributed to about 6,200 low-income residents in the area.

Disinfection is conducted twice daily (morning and afternoon) on 155 city buses, and masks for workers and disinfectants inside the vehicles are also provided.

The city operates a price inspection team to eradicate unfair practices such as hoarding and price-fixing of virus prevention supplies and will continuously monitor Chinese workers in local small and medium-sized enterprises (17 companies, 69 people) and Chinese international students at Dongshin University.

Seven performances and events scheduled for this month, including dialogues with citizens, were abruptly canceled, and film screenings at the Cultural and Arts Center, village choir rehearsals in towns and neighborhoods, and lifelong education programs were also temporarily suspended.

The city provides dedicated waste disposal bags to those under self-quarantine, instructing them to seal the waste once, then seal it again in a volume-based waste bag for immediate collection by designated disposal companies and incineration on the same day.

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “For the health and safety of 120,000 citizens, we will devote all our strength and passion to blocking the spread of the novel coronavirus,” and added, “I hope citizens trust each other and strictly follow personal preventive measures.”

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