Seoul Jung-gu, Practicing Daily Life Quarantine Measures in Preparation for Prolonged COVID-19 Battle

April 1st Neighborhood-wide Disinfection with Employees and Autonomous Disinfection Teams by District... Distribution of Disinfectants for Autonomous Disinfection at 62 Locations, 4-5 per District, with Designated Base Locations

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jung-gu, Seoul (Mayor Seoyangho) held a 'Daily Life Quarantine Practice Campaign' on the 25th afternoon in 15 neighborhoods.

At the event, residents and staff formed pairs to create a life quarantine promotion team, visiting closed multi-use facilities and commercial areas in the district to conduct the daily life quarantine practice campaign. This emphasized the importance of residents' voluntary daily life quarantine alongside the district office-led quarantine in preparation for the prolonged COVID-19 situation.

The autonomous quarantine team that participated that day also distributed small spray disinfectants and cloths with attached disinfection instructions to each business site, emphasizing the necessity of self-disinfection.

Additionally, they carried out the entire disinfection process together with business workers, wiping handles and doorknobs with disinfectant-soaked dry cloths, explaining the need for daily self-disinfection and proper disinfection methods one by one.

Cho Gisub, chairman of the Bangsan Market Merchants Association, who participated as part of the autonomous quarantine team in the Euljiro-dong quarantine supplies sharing day event, said, "Merchants are struggling a lot due to COVID-19. Since this is a global phenomenon, we hope this crisis will pass quickly. I agree with the purpose that daily life quarantine is necessary, and we will continue autonomous quarantine until COVID-19 ends."

Since the 23rd, the district has been promoting 'Separately, Yet Together,' a daily life quarantine practice that individuals carry out voluntarily at homes and workplaces. Four to five locations per neighborhood, totaling 62 locations, have been designated as distribution points for disinfectants, where sterilizing disinfectants are stocked. The representatives of these distribution points, called Our Neighborhood Quarantine Teams, manage the disinfectants and assist residents in autonomously filling personal containers with disinfectants.

The distribution points will operate until April 5th.

Seoyangho, Mayor of Jung-gu, said, "Quarantine led only by the district office cannot overcome the prolonged COVID-19 situation. It is a time when residents' daily life quarantine is necessary. I believe that if we all unite our strength, we can overcome this crisis. The district will further strengthen quarantine and management inspections of vulnerable facilities and closed multi-use facilities, so we ask for the voluntary participation of all residents."

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