Seongdong-gu Activates Emergency System at 'Serious' Level Following COVID-19 Confirmed Cases

Seongdong-gu Raises Response System to 'Serious' Level Amid Confirmed Cases, Launches Full-Scale Effort... Mobilizes All Available Personnel for 24-Hour Monitoring, Temporarily Closes Public Facilities for 7 Days

The 'COVID-19 Seongdong-gu Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters' operating on a 24-hour emergency basis

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongdong-gu (District Mayor Jung Won-oh) has elevated its COVID-19 response system to the 'Severe' level and launched an all-out effort following the occurrence of confirmed cases within the district.

Since the 28th of last month, the district has been operating a Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, centered around which eight task forces maintain a 24-hour monitoring system. All employees, except those in civil service departments with direct public contact, are focusing on disaster response activities.

Public facilities under the district’s jurisdiction, including libraries, welfare centers, and cultural facilities?a total of 494 locations?will be temporarily closed for seven days. Private facilities along the confirmed patients’ movement paths will also be suspended for three days to implement comprehensive disinfection and quarantine of contacts.

Additionally, information about confirmed cases, response measures, and prevention guidelines are being widely communicated to residents through emergency disaster text messages, social media (SNS), and banners. The health center’s counseling center staff has been increased from two to five, and only minimal civil service operations such as permits and approvals are maintained under a 24-hour operation system to ensure full-scale response.

To address childcare and care service gaps caused by the closure of public facilities, an emergency childcare service system is being operated at daycare centers. For users of senior meal centers and similar services, alternative foods such as ready-to-eat meals will be provided twice a week.

The district is maintaining close cooperation with related organizations such as the Office of Education, police stations, and fire stations to collaborate on school closures, management of quarantined individuals, and transportation of infected patients.

Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, stated, “With confirmed cases occurring in the district and residents feeling anxious, we will mobilize all operational capabilities to make every effort to prevent the spread of the virus.”

Seongdong-gu Office 1st Floor Shared Library 'Chaekmaru' Closure Notice Scene

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