On the First Day of Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Application, 1.54 Million Households Applied for a Total of 1.0375 Trillion Won

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the first day of the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund application, the 11th, 1.54 million households applied for a total of 1.0375 trillion won.

On this day, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that as of 6 p.m., a total of 1,543,218 households nationwide applied for Emergency Disaster Relief Funds amounting to 1,037,532,000,000 won.

By region, Seoul had 345,457 households applying for 227.163 billion won, Gyeonggi had 394,589 households applying for 248.695 billion won, Busan had 93,265 households applying for 64.834 billion won, Incheon had 92,428 households applying for 65.026 billion won, and Gyeongnam had 83,793 households applying for 60.181 billion won.

Since online applications are accepted from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., the number of applying households and the amount are expected to increase further.

The Emergency Disaster Relief Fund applications are accepted by a day-of-the-week system similar to the public mask 5-day rotation system. On this day, household heads whose birth year ends with 1 or 6 were eligible.

On the 12th, household heads whose birth year ends with 2 or 7 can apply.

The day-of-the-week system is applied only during the first week of implementation, and from the 16th, applications can be made regardless of birth year.

From the 18th, applications can also be made offline at nationwide bank branches linked with card companies.

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