Hwasun-gun Goes All Out to Block 'COVID-19 Spread'... Suspension of Operations at Public Facilities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Young-gyun] Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Gu Chung-gon) announced on the 26th that it will strengthen quarantine activities and indefinitely suspend the operation of public facilities and cultural and tourism programs to block the regional inflow and spread of COVID-19, which is rapidly increasing nationwide.

The county will close multi-use facilities such as the Hwasun-gun Comprehensive Cultural Center (Hwasun Open Library, Swimming Pool, Youth Culture House, Toy Library) and forest recreation facilities (Baegasan Natural Recreation Forest, Hancheon Natural Recreation Forest, Wood Culture Experience Center) until the COVID-19 situation ends, having initially planned temporary closure until the end of this month.

Accordingly, various programs operated at these facilities, including cultural programs and free movie screenings at Hwasun Open Library, will also be suspended.

The return deadline for books borrowed through the Dosun-gwan system will be automatically extended by the duration of the closure.

Senior welfare facilities and projects such as Nadri Senior Welfare Center, village senior centers in eup and myeon areas, senior dining halls, and senior job projects will also suspend operations.

However, among the senior job projects, school restroom cleaning, school meal-related jobs, three-generation care helpers, and senior dining hall projects will resume operation from the 1st of next month.

Instead of operating the senior dining halls (3 locations, with an average of about 270 users per day), the county plans to individually package rice and side dishes and distribute them to seniors at risk of missing meals.

The Seollem Hwasun Bus Tour (Jeokbyeok Tour), which was scheduled to operate from the 21st of next month, will also be tentatively postponed.

Cultural tourism interpretation activities, which provide professional interpretation services at cultural tourism sites, will be temporarily suspended from the 1st of next month.

A county official said, “As concerns about community transmission of COVID-19 are increasing nationwide, we have decided to indefinitely suspend the operation of multi-use facilities and projects as a preemptive preventive response. The decision on whether and when to resume operations will be made depending on changes in the COVID-19 situation.”

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