Joo Ho-young "Government's Huge Failure on COVID, Creating Living Hell and Stealing Balls from Daegu Citizens"

"Moon Administration, Major Failure in Quarantine"
"TK Citizens Taking Credit for Their Own Good Deeds"

Joo Ho-young, member of the United Future Party / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] On the 23rd, Joo Ho-young, a member of the Future United Party, fiercely criticized the government's response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), saying, "The government has completely failed."

On the same day, Joo appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "It was the citizens of Daegu and the medical staff, including volunteers, who set a global example, not the government."

He continued, "This administration is praising itself by saying, 'Since a situation of mass infection occurred in the United States, we did well, didn't we?'" and pointed out, "It is truly shameless to take credit for the good work done by the citizens of Daegu, residents of Gyeongbuk Province, and medical staff, and call ourselves a model country for quarantine."

He added, "Currently, our country is in great difficulty, such as being blocked from going abroad," and criticized, "This is due to inadequate initial measures, including the blockade against China."

He pointed out, "In the case of Daegu, more than 2,000 people who were confirmed cases but could not be hospitalized were placed under self-quarantine," and said, "In China, they solved this by building large-scale hospital beds to accommodate more than 2,000 people within 10 days."

He continued, "When confirmed patients are self-quarantined here, those who take care of them are also at risk of infection," and argued, "In other words, it was nothing short of chaos or a living hell. These things can be called a complete failure."

He also said, "In the case of drive-through testing, it was done by our private medical staff at Yeungnam University Hospital, not led by the government," and repeatedly criticized, "Regarding diplomatic relations with China, North Korea and Russia, which are closest to China, completely blocked it. Why do we take a submissive stance toward China?"

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