A Public Official Supporting 'COVID-19' Efforts Dies in Hapcheon-gun... Suspected Overwork Death Amid General Election and More
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] Hapcheon County announced on the 27th that civil servant A(56) died from overwork while handling support tasks related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
According to the county, A, the deputy head of Ssangbaek-myeon, was found collapsed in the bathroom of his home around 9 p.m. on the 18th and was taken to the hospital but passed away. The county stated that until the day before his death, A was in charge of managing COVID-19 related tasks including quarantine, delivery of emergency relief supplies, and fever checks.
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A had no underlying health conditions and was healthy, but it is known that he worked without weekends due to overlapping duties with COVID-19 tasks and overall preparation for the 21st National Assembly elections. The county plans to proceed with the official recognition of his death as a work-related fatality, considering it a death from overwork.
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