Gwangju City Provides Additional Relief Supplies to Daegu in 'Dalbit Dongmaeng' Alliance

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 4th that it has additionally delivered relief supplies to Daegu Metropolitan City, where COVID-19 damage is spreading.

The relief supplies delivered this time include 3,000 hand sanitizers (worth 40 million KRW), daily necessities sets for about 2,000 people (worth 100 million KRW), and 1,000 sets of Kyungokgo (worth 120 million KRW).

The daily necessities sets were prepared to support self-quarantined individuals in the Daegu area and consist of instant rice, canned tuna, instant curry, bottled water, and more.

Kyungokgo, known to be good for strengthening immunity, was donated by Cheongyeon Korean Medicine Hospital and delivered together on the day.

Earlier, when confirmed cases occurred in Daegu, Gwangju supported 20,000 masks, and on the 1st, jointly with five autonomous districts, the city council, the city education office, May organizations, veterans organizations, religious groups, economic sectors, civil society, and the medical community, announced the ‘Gwangju Community Special Statement’ and declared that mild confirmed patients from Daegu would be isolated and hospitalized for treatment at Gwangju’s infectious disease dedicated hospital.

Also, on the same day, some mild patients from Daegu were transferred to Gwangju and began full-scale isolation treatment.

Yoon Chang-ok, head of the city’s Balanced Development Policy Division, said, “We have additionally secured and provided essential daily necessities and other items to support citizens facing difficulties in Daegu.”

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