Yongsan-gu, 66% of Multi-use Facilities Suspend or Reduce Operations

Published 25 Feb.2020 06:48(KST)

To Focus on COVID-19 Response...301 District-Managed Facilities Suspended or Reduced...Emergency Childcare and Job-Related Facilities Continue Operation

Seong Jang-hyun, Mayor of Yongsan District, visited the Dream Tree Complex Town on the 20th and received an explanation from officials regarding the suspension of the infant and toddler experience room operation.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Seongjang Hyun) has suspended or reduced operations at 66% (301 out of 450) of multi-use facilities managed by the district to intensively respond to COVID-19.

Facilities that have suspended operations include senior centers (88 locations), daycare centers (119 locations), elderly welfare facilities (2 locations), community centers (25 locations), small libraries (13 locations), comprehensive social welfare centers (2 locations), facilities for the disabled (3 locations), youth study rooms (6 locations), gyms (9 locations), and Global Village Centers (2 locations).

Similarly, Dream Tree Complex Town, Youth Training Center, Culture and Sports Center, Yongsan Cultural Center, Native Foreign Language Classes, Veterans Hall, and Cheongpa Library have also suspended operations. However, emergency childcare at daycare centers for dual-income couples and others is permitted.

Facilities related to employment such as Startup Support Center, Job Plus Center, Social Economy Support Center, and Yongsan Craft Center, as well as welfare facilities including Yongsan Welfare Foundation, Daycare Center, Homeless Facilities, Gosiwon Counseling Center, Kiwoom Center, Regional Child Welfare Center, and Regional Self-Support Center, continue to operate.

As of the 24th, there are zero confirmed COVID-19 cases in the area, one person under active monitoring, and five people in self-quarantine.

The district is conducting consultations, medical examinations, and epidemiological investigations for suspected patients at the screening clinic (air tent) set up in front of the public health center, and continues to provide telephone consultations through the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (☎2199-8370~6). As of the 24th, the number of medical examinations and telephone consultations reached 431 and 1,897 respectively.

Additionally, the district has conducted disinfection activities 716 times at 713 facilities including the district office building, district-owned facilities, related organizations, lodging establishments, and gosiwon (small room) communities. A total of 51,384 disinfection supplies (masks, hand sanitizers, hand soaps, etc.) have been distributed, focusing on vulnerable groups.

Management of 130 Chinese international students affiliated with Sookmyung Women’s University is also being strengthened. Supplies including 250 protective masks have been provided, and call vans will operate from the 24th to the 28th to transport students between Seoul and Incheon. On the 28th, disinfection work will be carried out on campus.

District Mayor Seongjang Hyun stated, “In line with the serious stage of COVID-19 response, we have suspended operations at most multi-use facilities,” adding, “We will proactively respond to the infectious disease while minimizing side effects caused by facility closures.”