'Blocking the Resurgence of COVID-19' ... Gyeongnam Provincial Council Holds Meeting and Appeal with Religious Organizations

Gyeongnam Provincial Council is holding a meeting with religious leaders. (Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Council)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongnam Provincial Council has contributed to blocking the resurgence of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) by holding meetings with religious organization leaders and issuing appeals.

On the 25th, Chairman Kim Ha-yong held an emergency meeting with the four major religious organization leaders along with Vice Chairmen Jang Gyu-seok and Lee Jong-ho, and Council Operations Committee Chairman Shim Sang-dong in the chairman's office to discuss countermeasures against the resurgence of local COVID-19 infections.

Chairman Kim said, "Whether social distancing level 2 is practiced going forward will be the most important factor in preventing community infections," and urged, "To block the resurgence of COVID-19, religious organizations should refrain from worship services, Buddhist ceremonies, and masses where many believers gather, and actively cooperate with the government's policy on non-face-to-face religious events."

At the meeting, Ven. Do-heung, Vice President of the Gyeongnam Buddhist Council; Pastor Park Jeong-gon, President of the Gyeongnam Christian Federation; Father Choi Bong-won, Vicar General of the Catholic Masan Diocese; Lee Gyeong-yeol, Head of the Won Buddhism Gyeongnam Diocese; and Kim Hyo-seong, a Won Buddhist minister, attended and exchanged opinions on COVID-19 prevention and blocking its spread.

Democratic Party members of the Provincial Council issued an appeal urging compliance with quarantine rules to block the resurgence of COVID-19.

In the appeal, they stated, "This COVID-19 outbreak is a critical moment where it will be difficult to overcome unless all citizens respond actively," and appealed, "We ask all residents to thoroughly comply with quarantine rules."

They continued, "If we fail to suppress the current outbreak, we may lose ourselves and our families, and economic damage incomparable to before will occur," and promised, "All Democratic Party members will spare no effort in quarantine and infectious disease response support based on confirmed patients' movement routes."

Meanwhile, the Provincial Council has prepared measures to strengthen quarantine to block the resurgence of COVID-19.

The large conference room will be used only for events essential to legislative activities, general public attendance at plenary sessions will be prohibited, the operation of the first-floor council caf? will be suspended, and social distancing will be practiced through thermal camera inspections and registration of visitors entering the council.

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