Gwangju City, Full Effort in Disinfecting Government Buildings to Prevent COVID-19

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it is making every effort to manage quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the city hall building.

Since the beginning of this year, the city has installed walk-through disinfectors and thermal cameras at the entrances of the administrative and council buildings to conduct fever checks on all entrants.

In addition, in response to the spread of COVID-19 infection, the city has introduced an electronic entry log (QR code) system and is making various efforts such as allowing visitors using vehicles to enter only after their temperature is checked with a contactless thermometer.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection, civil petitioners who wish to visit each department in city hall are restricted from visiting the departments directly. Instead, if they register at the first-floor information desk, the staff in charge of the relevant department will come down to the first floor to consult with citizens in the citizen reception room or citizen dialogue room. Transparent partitions have also been installed in various meeting rooms to prevent infection through droplets.

Disinfection is carried out weekly in all spaces of the city hall, and frequently used spaces and items by citizens are disinfected regularly to ensure that citizens entering the city hall can use the facilities safely.

Lee Jeong-sik, Director of the City Autonomy Administration Bureau, said, “City hall serves as the control tower for quarantine administration, and all measures are being taken to prevent infections within the building,” adding, “We ask for active cooperation in following safety rules and quarantine activities to prevent infectious diseases inside the city hall.”

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