Dongjak-gu Launches 'Voluntary Quarantine Team for Social Welfare and Sports Facility Workers'

Formation and Activities of a Quarantine Support Team Comprising 37 Staff Members from 19 Social Welfare Facilities... Operation of a Quarantine Team Consisting of Staff from Closed Sports Centers... Guiding Residents Using Screening Clinics

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Lee Chang-woo) has launched a quarantine team composed of social welfare and sports culture facility workers to block the spread of COVID-19 and is promoting community quarantine efforts.

Currently, the district is closing or restricting operations at 498 public facilities within the area. Due to the closure of facilities and subsequent personnel reallocation, volunteers were recruited from among the Dongjak-gu Social Welfare Facilities Council and Dongjak-gu Facilities Management Corporation staff to jointly respond to COVID-19 through community disinfection and other measures.

First, 37 workers from 19 participating institutions of the Dongjak-gu Social Welfare Facilities Council, including welfare centers and youth culture houses, formed the Social Welfare Quarantine Support Team and held a launching ceremony on the 4th at Daebang Comprehensive Social Welfare Center.

Despite the COVID-19 crisis alert level being at the ‘serious’ stage, small-scale welfare facilities face difficulties in timely disinfection due to insufficient quarantine costs and supplies.

In particular, urgent support measures are needed for vulnerable groups such as low-income families, elderly living alone, and people with disabilities.

The Social Welfare Quarantine Support Team prioritizes about 100 volunteers among vulnerable groups and 41 small-scale welfare facilities that requested disinfection, conducting quarantine disinfection by four zones: ▲Noryangjin-Huksuk area ▲Daebang-Sindaebang area ▲Sadang area ▲Sangdo area. They operate flexibly with three-person teams working in shifts at least once a week depending on conditions. Necessary quarantine supplies are provided by the Dongjak-gu Social Welfare Facilities Council.

Workers at six sports and cultural facilities under the Dongjak Facilities Management Corporation are also participating in preventing community infection of COVID-19.

Starting from the 9th, 40 teaching staff, excluding administrative personnel, will independently form a sports center quarantine team during the closure period to carry out disinfection activities inside and outside the centers and nearby areas. Quarantine supplies will be managed through center purchases and district support.

The disinfection areas include not only inside the facilities but also ▲Huksuk Sports Center (Hyosajeong Park to Huksuk Elementary School) ▲Dongjak Citizens Sports Center (center back gate to Dongjak Fire Station) ▲Sadang Cultural Center (center to Namseong Station subway entrance) ▲Sadang Comprehensive Gymnasium (center to Hyeonchung-ro walking trail area) ▲Dongjak Samil Swimming Pool (rooftop Saebit Small Park to surrounding pedestrian sidewalks) ▲Sangdo Sports Club (center to senior citizen rest area).

Additionally, they assist with guidance for health center visiting vehicles in three shifts of eight hours each. Currently, the health center can only provide general medical treatment in the morning due to COVID-19 duties, and the flow paths for general treatment and screening clinics are separated, requiring guidance for visiting residents.

Lee Chang-woo, Mayor of Dongjak-gu, said, “The warm actions of related organizations within the community will be the driving force to overcome the COVID-19 crisis,” and added, “As this week is a critical period for ending COVID-19, we ask residents to participate in social distancing efforts through voluntary practice.”

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