POSCO Energy Provides Emergency Care Support to Incheon Seo-gu Regional Childcare Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] POSCO Energy has supported high-temperature sterilization dishwashers and contactless thermometers to child centers in Seo-gu, Incheon, which operate emergency care services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the nationwide spread of COVID-19, most local child centers have closed temporarily, but some centers are operating emergency care services to minimize care gaps for children.

The local child centers providing emergency care services are operating normally to support children in environments where care gaps are inevitable, such as dual-income families and single-parent households. They avoid group programs and instead provide study guidance, meals, and snacks.

To minimize infection from close contact, the centers must measure the temperatures of staff and children daily, and until now, they have used ear thermometers. Reflecting the opinions of local child center directors that ear thermometers inevitably require contact and frequent disinfection, causing inconvenience and hygiene concerns, POSCO Energy decided to provide two contactless thermometers per center.

Additionally, they donated small-capacity high-temperature sterilization dishwashers so that children can hygienically use shared cups and spoons, and safely wash fruits and vegetables.

Jung Ki-seop, CEO of POSCO Energy, said, "We sincerely thank the local child center staff who are striving to resolve blind spots in community care amid the prolonged delay of school openings due to the COVID-19 situation. We will join in overcoming the COVID-19 crisis in the local community through the practice of our corporate citizenship management philosophy of growing together."

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