Jeonbuk Province Supports COVID-19 Prevention and Quarantine Supplies

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Jeonbuk Province has allocated an emergency budget of over 1.3 billion won to purchase quarantine supplies to protect the health of residents from COVID-19 and plans to distribute them to various facilities within the province.

The province announced on the 13th that it will purchase approximately 174,000 quarantine masks and 82,000 hand sanitizers and distribute them to 28,239 various facilities.

This initiative was promoted by collecting requests for support of quarantine supplies to prevent COVID-19 in multi-use facilities through meetings between departments and professional organizations. On this day, the supplies will be distributed to workers at multi-use facilities such as railway stations, airport terminals, general restaurants, religious facilities, traditional markets, and public transportation.

Choi Yong-beom, Vice Governor of Jeonbuk Province, said, "I hope this support of quarantine supplies will help residents who are facing difficulties due to the occurrence of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the province," and added, "We will continue to secure and provide additional quarantine supplies."

Meanwhile, the Jeonbuk Province Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters held a video conference on the 12th, chaired by Vice Governor Choi Yong-beom, with deputy heads of cities and counties, stating, "Active cooperation from cities and counties is necessary to prevent further confirmed cases," and urged, "Please thoroughly prepare in advance as special management of international students coming from China is being strengthened, and the living support project for those in quarantine and hospitalization will begin on the 17th."

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