"Did You Check Your Temperature Today?"... Eunpyeong-gu Distributes 210,000 Thermometers

'One Body Temperature Check a Day!' Campaign Launched to Promote Safe Communities

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] One of the most basic methods to prepare for COVID-19 is to measure your body temperature once a day for self-checking.

Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) is conducting the ‘Body Temperature 1 Day 1 Check! Campaign’ to check for fever symptoms once a day at home using a thermometer amid the increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Additionally, about 210,000 digital thermometers will be distributed sequentially to each household in Eunpyeong-gu.

This distribution of digital thermometers is part of a plan to provide thermometers to every household in Eunpyeong-gu as a preemptive preventive measure following the recent resurgence of COVID-19.

The ‘Body Temperature 1 Day 1 Check! Campaign’ in Eunpyeong-gu is conducted via SNS. Participants measure their body temperature and share a photo or video proof on SNS.

The campaign also proceeds through relay certification. Participants measure their temperature once a day, take a photo, and within 48 hours nominate three next participants.

Recently, Representative Lee Nak-yeon, who was classified as a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case and entered self-quarantine, drew attention to health management against COVID-19 by posting daily self-check results on SNS with phrases like “Morning temperature 36.5 degrees, normal.”

The slogan of this campaign is ‘Did you check your temperature today?’

On SNS, residents can express various perspectives and opinions related to thermometers and COVID-19 in witty sentences and participate enjoyably. For example, “Checked with the thermometer! COVID, please go away now?” “Be careful of COVID day and night! Let’s recheck even the extinguished fever!” “Our home health helper, reliable thermometer.”

From the perspective of daily quarantine, the campaign plans to encourage fever checks before going out and to guide students and children in schools, kindergartens, and daycare centers to check their temperature at home before attending.

Also, a ‘Body Temperature 1 Day 1 Check! Campaign’ photo zone will be set up in the lobby of the Eunpyeong-gu Office building. Visitors and staff can measure their temperature there and certify it on SNS to help spread the campaign. From September 15, campaign events will also be promoted through Eunpyeong-gu’s Facebook page.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, stated, “COVID-19 is resurging significantly, and above all, self-checking at home is important,” adding, “Through the ‘Body Temperature 1 Day 1 Check! Campaign,’ we will raise awareness of COVID-19, strengthen the community safety net through residents’ voluntary participation in daily quarantine, and prevent the spread of COVID-19.”

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