Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin Returns to Work Six Days After Hospitalization

COVID-19 Briefings to Be Handled by Deputy Mayor for the Time Being

On March 26, after concluding a special session at the Daegu City Council, Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, who fainted, was being transferred to an ambulance by 119 paramedics.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Mayor Kwon Young-jin of Daegu, who fainted and was hospitalized after a dispute with city council members over the issue of emergency livelihood fund payments, has returned to work normally after six days.

According to Daegu City on the 1st, Mayor Kwon was discharged from Kyungpook National University Hospital on the 29th of last month and had been resting at the official residence. He quietly resumed work from this day after attending a COVID-19 meeting held late at City Hall on the night of the 31st.

Considering that Mayor Kwon has not fully recovered his strength, Deputy Mayor Chae Hong-ho will take charge of the COVID-19 response briefings for the time being.

On the afternoon of the 26th of last month, Mayor Kwon collapsed during a heated argument with City Council member Lee Jin-ryeon (Democratic Party) over the method of emergency livelihood fund payments at a special session of the Daegu City Council held to approve the supplementary budget for overcoming COVID-19.

At that time, Council member Lee urged Mayor Kwon, who was leaving the meeting room, to "quickly distribute the emergency livelihood funds to the citizens," and Mayor Kwon, saying "Please stop," suddenly fainted and was transported to the hospital.

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