Daegu City Mandates 30% Remote Work... Strengthening COVID-19 Attendance Measures
Prohibition of Meals with Immediate Supervisors/Subordinates and Groups of Five or More
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 27th that it will mandatorily implement telecommuting for public officials within a 30% range due to growing concerns over the resurgence of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
Regarding Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun's statement at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting the previous day that "if the situation does not improve, social distancing level 3 must be applied," Daegu City explained that this is a preemptive measure to fully prevent the spread of local infections starting from the public sector.
Daegu City, which has been implementing 'voluntary' telecommuting within a 30% range by department since May, has now converted it to 'mandatory.' To minimize work disruption in case of confirmed cases within the organization, it has instructed frontline departments to prohibit meals together among direct superiors and subordinates (mayor and vice mayor, director and chief officer, chief and team leader, etc.) as well as meals with five or more people.
In addition, the city hall lunch hours will be divided into two time slots to strengthen distancing, and CCTV will be installed in the vulnerable facility of the cafeteria to ensure the speed and accuracy of epidemiological investigations in case of confirmed cases. This measure will apply to all public officials under Daegu City until further notice. It will be circulated as a recommendation to each district and county.
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Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin emphasized, "The current situation is so serious that it could lead back to the chaotic situation of last spring," and added, "Since Daegu is the model of Korea's K-quarantine, we will implement a stronger and more effective 'Daegu-style social distancing' quarantine measure to overcome this re-outbreak crisis well."
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