Yongin Mayor Baek Gun-gi: "Influenza Vaccination for 440,000 People"

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Baek Gun-gi, mayor of Yongin City, announced that influenza vaccinations will be administered to 440,000 people this year.

Mayor Baek explained at the online "Dialogue with Citizens" held in the city hall briefing room on the 25th, "This year, we plan to significantly expand the target group and administer influenza vaccinations to approximately 444,000 citizens starting from September 8."

Accordingly, the existing influenza vaccination targets, which were from 6 months old to 12 years old and those aged 65 and above, will be expanded to those aged 6 months to 18 years old and those aged 62 and above.

Yongin City will especially provide free vaccinations this year to citizens aged 60 to 61 and mothers within 6 months postpartum.

The city stated that with this decision, all school-age youth up to high school students and retired elderly generations in the jurisdiction will benefit.

Mayor Baek will also focus on strengthening COVID-19 response capabilities and management of high-risk facilities such as churches.

He first explained, "We have increased staff at public health centers, which are overloaded with diagnostic testing and quarantine duties, and for the time being, general medical treatment and issuance of health certificates will only be handled at the Cheoin-gu Public Health Center. Specifically, three health staff members working at each district office have been transferred to the public health center, and six staff members awaiting appointment have been assigned to district offices and public health centers to provide administrative support."

He added, "Inspection teams consisting of 22 groups and 44 members are operating to frequently check compliance with quarantine guidelines at 340 high-risk facilities subject to gathering bans, including entertainment bars, karaoke bars, buffets, and restaurants."

Mayor Baek emphasized, "Rapid and effective barrier quarantine is essential to avoid the painful Stage 3 social distancing, so the active cooperation of citizens is absolutely necessary," urging citizens to refrain from unnecessary outings and gatherings and to strictly follow quarantine rules for the next two weeks.

Finally, regarding the designation of Wonsam-myeon and Baegam-myeon in Cheoin-gu as the 3rd special disaster area, Mayor Baek promised, "We will do our best to ensure there are no setbacks in damage recovery and compensation."

With this measure, Yongin City will receive approximately 6.5 billion KRW in recovery costs from the government.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.