Gwangju City Launches Public-Private Joint Committee for COVID-19 Response

On the afternoon of the 6th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the 'COVID-19 Response Public-Private Joint Countermeasures Committee' meeting held in the small conference room on the 3rd floor of the city hall to discuss strategies for preventing the spread of community infections of COVID-19. After the discussion, a commemorative photo was taken. In the front row, from the left, are Kim Suk-jung, Medical Institution Support Committee member; Lee Sam-yong, Lee Yong-seop, and Yang Dong-ho, Co-Chairmen; and Choi Jin-soo, Head of the Private Expert Support Group. In the back row, from the left, are Park Hyang, Director of Gwangju City Autonomous Administration Bureau; Ryu So-yeon, Head of the Epidemiology Expert Support Team; Park Yoo-hwan, Head of the Medical Institution Support Team; Lee Shin-seok, Epidemiology Committee member; Jung Suk-in, Epidemiology Committee member; Yoon Na-ra, Epidemiology Committee member; Shin Min-ho, Epidemiology Committee member; and Lee Pyeong-hyung, Director of Gwangju City Welfare and Health Bureau. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it has launched the ‘Gwangju City Public-Private Joint Countermeasures Committee for COVID-19 Response’ at the city hall small conference room.

The public-private joint countermeasures committee launched on this day is intended to prepare for situations such as the continued community transmission of COVID-19 and a rapid increase in patients, and to respond proactively.

The committee consists of 14 members including officials from Gwangju City, Gwangju Medical Association, Gwangju Hospital Association, Bitgoeul Jeonnam National University Hospital, Jeonnam National University College of Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, and the Korean Nurses Association Gwangju Branch. Three co-chairpersons are Mayor Lee Yong-seop, President Yang Dong-ho of the Gwangju Medical Association, and President Lee Sam-yong of the Gwangju Hospital Association.

Going forward, the public-private joint countermeasures committee will share information on COVID-19 outbreak situations and establish response strategies.

It will also prepare immediate response measures to cope with the spread of the epidemic and operate medical institutions flexibly according to the trends of confirmed cases and contacts.

Additionally, Gwangju City plans to maintain the existing disaster safety countermeasures headquarters system while separately operating a medical support general team on the occasion of the committee’s launch.

Private organizations will form and operate epidemiological expert support teams and medical institution response support teams involving medical professionals to prepare promptly and thoroughly for any emergency.

At the meeting, the committee members gathered opinions to establish step-by-step strategies for COVID-19 response and discussed ▲expansion of dedicated infectious disease hospitals and public relief hospitals ▲additional securing of residential treatment centers ▲strengthening the functions of screening clinics in autonomous districts.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Starting with the launch of the joint countermeasures committee, we will unite our strength and wisdom to block the spread of infectious diseases and prepare thoroughly for any emergency. Gwangju City will actively respond without missing the golden time of the COVID-19 crisis to minimize damage and mobilize all administrative power to end it early.”

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