Gwangju City-Citizen Disaster Safety Promotion Group Launches COVID-19 Prevention Campaign

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 26th that it will carry out a citywide campaign in cooperation with the Pan-Citizen Disaster Safety Promotion Group to break the chain of COVID-19 community infections by promoting habitual mask-wearing and adherence to daily quarantine rules, encouraging participation from all citizens.

Although Gwangju raised social distancing to Level 2 on the 2nd and is making every effort to prevent COVID-19, community infections continue to spread. Therefore, the city has urged public institutions, civic groups, and others to unite and engage in a pan-citizen movement.

Accordingly, Gwangju City and the Pan-Citizen Disaster Safety Promotion Group plan to share various promotional materials through 46 already established KakaoTalk channels, Twitter, BAND, and each institution’s website, post excellent COVID-19 quarantine cases, and disseminate various information to encourage campaign participation. They aim to unite citizens’ strength through non-face-to-face promotion via social networking systems (SNS) to overcome COVID-19.

In particular, they plan to raise public interest and continuously encourage citizen participation by posting group certification photos taken under the slogans “The Best Vaccine is a Mask” and “Make Mask-Wearing a Habit.”

However, face-to-face promotions will be conducted restrictively as needed, targeting major intersections and areas around multi-use facilities, according to the conditions of each institution or group, focusing on campaigns for compliance with quarantine rules and mask-wearing.

The Pan-Citizen Disaster Safety Promotion Group demonstrated the spirit of sharing and solidarity in Gwangju during the disaster situation when, in February, the entire Miraero 21 Hospital in Gwangsan-gu was cohort quarantined. Thirty-six low-risk individuals were isolated at the temporary quarantine facility in the Gwangju Fire Academy dormitory. Forty-six institutions and groups provided free meal services and various daily necessities, actively participating in local quarantine efforts.

Jung Min-gon, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, said, “To prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is most important that citizens themselves practice the small act of making mask-wearing a habit. Only when all citizens become the main agents of quarantine and strictly follow quarantine rules in daily life can community infections be prevented. I am grateful that the representatives of the Pan-Citizen Disaster Safety Promotion Group are playing a leading role under these difficult conditions caused by COVID-19.”

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