Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop Urges "All Staff to Take the Lead with the Determination of Being Health Center Directors"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] “Based on the experience of safely returning confirmed cases 16 and 18 and their contacts from April 4th and 5th to their daily lives, I ask all staff to take the responsibility of being public health center directors and take the lead in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the community.”

Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, stated this at the Tuesday executive meeting held on the 25th and urged everyone to devote all efforts to preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Mayor Lee said, “Gwangju City must never allow disruptions in quarantine administration due to internal confirmed cases. Employees should immediately self-isolate and visit screening clinics if symptoms such as fever appear, and take necessary measures.” He added, “Please strictly check wearing masks during meetings, avoiding handshakes, washing hands after contact, encouraging external visitors to use the first-floor reception room as much as possible, thoroughly disinfecting shared spaces such as meeting rooms and elevators, and using disposable paper cups for the time being.”

He continued, “I ask for cooperation so that religious groups and various institutions and organizations refrain from gatherings where many people assemble and thoroughly manage facility disinfection.” He also said, “Since securing additional negative pressure beds for confirmed patient treatment facilities is of utmost importance, please take necessary measures in advance with the Ministry of Health and Welfare to make 17 negative pressure rooms secured at seven additional hospitals available for use in emergencies.”

He emphasized, “Securing medical personnel for specimen collection and patient treatment is very important, so please coordinate with the government, hospitals, Gwangju Medical Association, Nursing Association, Pharmaceutical Association, and others to devise plans for securing medical personnel in advance.”

The mayor said, “Please inform citizens in advance about the closure status of welfare and childcare facilities to avoid inconvenience in their use.” He also urged, “Please actively implement measures to revitalize the local economy, including support plans for small business owners and self-employed people facing difficulties such as restaurants, flower farms, and the tourism industry.”

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