Love for Hometown Continues Among Diaspora Amid COVID-19 Spread

Noble Bio Co., Ltd. Supports Medical Supplies for COVID-19 Response in Suncheon View original image


[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] As the spread of COVID-19 continues, Suncheon City received medical supplies worth 60 million KRW from Noble Bio Co., Ltd. (CEO Baek Gye-seung) on the 26th.


The donated medical supplies consist of 20,000 virus-specific specimen collection transport media kits, which are specimen collection kits that preserve collected specimens intact until they reach specialized testing institutions.


Noble Bio Co., Ltd., located in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, is a medical device manufacturer that gained attention for developing and manufacturing COVID-related products first exported from Korea to the United Arab Emirates.


CEO Baek Gye-seung, a graduate of Suncheon High School, class of 39, said, “Upon hearing about the spread of COVID-19 in Suncheon, we looked for practical ways to help and decided to support with our company’s products.”


Suncheon Mayor Heo Seok expressed gratitude, saying, “Thank you for providing great help to the 280,000 citizens of Suncheon in this urgent situation.” He added, “Together with the great citizens of Suncheon, we will overcome the current crisis quickly with one heart and one mind.”


Meanwhile, as the spread of COVID-19 in Suncheon has not subsided, voluntary support continues.



Medical Corporation Geobung Baek Hospital, chaired by Baek Yong-gi, a native of Suncheon, has been supporting five medical staff members who have been working since the 25th, and on the 24th, an anonymous resident in Haeryong-myeon donated masks for children from single-parent families.


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

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