Gyeonggi-do Invests 19.1 Billion Won to Provide 'Masks' to 440,000 Vulnerable People

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will invest 19.1 billion KRW to provide health masks to 440,000 vulnerable people in the province.

On the 14th, Gyeonggi Province announced that to prepare for the spread of COVID-19, it plans to distribute 50 health masks per person, certified by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, to 443,000 people including basic livelihood security recipients, near-poverty groups, and residents of social welfare facilities (such as elderly and disabled facilities) in the province.

Previously, since the second half of last year, the province has been providing free fine dust masks to vulnerable groups such as the elderly who are susceptible to fine dust through the vulnerable group mask distribution project.

However, due to the increased demand for masks and the rising purchase cost burden caused by the COVID-19 situation, the province decided to allocate the budget for both the first and second half of the year at once for early distribution.

Accordingly, each city and county will select suitable suppliers to ensure the distribution of high-quality masks, identify eligible recipients, and prepare detailed mask distribution plans.

The province plans to cooperate with cities and counties to ensure that masks are distributed promptly through eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare centers and social welfare facilities.

Lee Byung-woo, Director of the Welfare Bureau of the province, emphasized, "We will quickly distribute masks to low-income vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients so that they can prevent COVID-19 without the burden of purchase costs."

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