Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Forms Special Committee on Infectious Disease Measures in Response to 'COVID-19'

Special Committee on Infectious Disease Countermeasures of Gyeongbuk Provincial Council. (Photo by Gyeongbuk Provincial Council)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] The Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Council has launched a 'Special Committee on Infectious Disease Countermeasures' to respond to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council on the 30th, the special committee is composed of nine members, including Chairperson Nam Young-sook and Vice Chairperson Park Mi-kyung.

They plan to proactively and aggressively concentrate all capabilities at the council level to overcome the COVID-19 crisis early. Additionally, they will actively seek mid- to long-term infectious disease management measures within Gyeongsangbuk-do.

With the formation of this special committee, the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Council expects to unify the response and promotion system for the COVID-19 situation into a single channel and enhance expertise in infectious disease prevention and crisis resolution in the future.

Nam Young-sook, Chairperson of the Special Committee on Infectious Disease Countermeasures, stated, "The newly formed special committee will move beyond formal activities to actively listen to the difficulties faced by frontline medical and quarantine sites and the voices of residents, and will do its utmost to play a practical role in the early resolution of the COVID-19 crisis."

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