Mask Stock? Quarantine Map? Check on Gangnam-gu Homepage

Map Service Showing Mask Stock Status by Quarantine and Pharmacy ... About 20,000 People Also Applied for Text Message Service

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun) has actively been enhancing convenience for residents by producing 57 self-made videos and card news items since the spread of COVID-19, providing services such as a map showing pharmacies with mask supplies and quarantine status.

Since the end of January, Gangnam-gu has released 214 COVID-19 related contents on its website, including 19 videos and 38 card news items, and has established a separate page where detailed information such as ‘confirmed patients’ movement paths’ can be reliably checked even during traffic surges.

◇Providing Quarantine Status and Mask Inventory via Map and Confirmed Patients’ Movement Paths through Text Alert Service

The district has visually represented quarantine status on a map in a three-dimensional manner, based on over 8,290 disinfection operations conducted at more than 2,500 locations within the district as of the 20th. Since the 12th, it has also provided mask stock information by pharmacy in map format.

Residents can easily view the mask delivery dates and current stock status of 437 pharmacies in the area at a glance.

Additionally, as website visitors tripled compared to January following the COVID-19 outbreak, Gangnam-gu established a text alert service on the 27th of last month that allows residents to receive updates on ‘confirmed patients’ movement paths and quarantine status.’ So far, about 20,000 subscribers have been secured, with approximately 11,700 receiving messages on the day of launch, totaling 10 rounds of messages reaching about 164,900 cumulative recipients.

◇Accelerating District Promotion Including Social Distancing Campaigns: Overcoming COVID-19 with the ‘Me, Me, We’ Spirit

The district produces promotional materials such as card news, posters, and videos to foster a shared sense of overcoming the COVID-19 crisis together, providing these on its website and plans to accelerate district promotion through social media channels.

To block community transmission, the district believes that social distancing should be maintained for at least 2 to 3 more weeks and will promote the ‘Pause for a Moment’ campaign urging voluntary compliance by residents through 22 community service centers and 44 affiliated institution websites.

In this regard, printed posters and stickers for the ‘Pause for a Moment’ campaign will be produced and distributed free of charge.

Furthermore, the district will significantly showcase visual content such as videos, photos, webtoons, card news, infographics, and interactive pages on its website to offer healing time for residents physically and mentally exhausted by the prolonged COVID-19 situation.

Previously, last year, the district revamped its website into a portal site format, forming a website operation team composed of experts in fields such as PDs, reporters, programmers, designers, publishers, and planners, upgrading to ‘Smart City Gangnam’ by providing customized services for residents.

Jeong Soon-gyun, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, stated, “We are making various efforts to ease the difficulties faced by residents due to COVID-19 even a little. Together with the spirit of ‘Me, Me, We’?where I, you, and we coexist, care, and respect each other?we will overcome COVID-19 with our residents.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.