Seoul City, District Offices, Education Office, Police Agency, and Fire Headquarters Form 'COVID-19 Prevention Council'

Lee Dong-jin, Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council of District Mayors, attended the '1st Seoul COVID-19 Prevention Council' held at Seoul City Hall on the 14th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Lee Dong-jin, Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council of District Mayors (Mayor of Dobong-gu), attended the '1st Seoul COVID-19 Prevention Council' on the 14th at the Seoul City Hall conference room along with the Acting Mayor of Seoul, the Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, the Chief of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the Head of Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters.

The 'Seoul COVID-19 Prevention Council' (hereinafter referred to as the Council) was established amid serious concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the community, including cases with unknown infection routes and asymptomatic confirmed patients. The Council is composed of policy decision-makers from each institution to promote closer cooperation among agencies and support smooth and prompt prevention activities.

The Council will operate until the COVID-19 situation is resolved, sharing the prevention-related response status of each institution regularly through face-to-face or video meetings, and supporting mutual cooperation on prevention-related matters among institutions.

On this day, the Council agreed that citizens' participation and practice of social distancing are the most important parts of prevention, and exchanged opinions on each institution's response and cooperation measures according to the government's social distancing levels.

Lee Dong-jin, Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council of District Mayors, conveyed opinions on cooperation requests from each autonomous district, stating, "In the prolonged COVID-19 situation, prevention and control in local communities is the most critical point," and added, "This Seoul COVID-19 Prevention Council has become an opportunity for various institutions to discuss diverse prevention-related cooperation matters together."

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