Chungnam Provides Disaster Relief Fund of '1 Million Won' to High-Risk Facilities

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[Asia Economy (Naepo) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province will provide disaster relief funds to high-risk facilities within the region.

The province announced on the 15th that it will provide 1 million KRW in disaster relief funds per business to 12 high-risk facility sectors that were subject to assembly ban orders due to the recent spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The purpose is to support sectors that suffered business losses due to compliance with the assembly ban administrative order. Applications for the disaster relief funds will be accepted from the 15th to the 17th, and the related budget will be shared equally between the province and 15 cities and counties. The province expects the total budget to be around 5 billion KRW.

The support targets include 1,174 entertainment bars, 462 karaoke bars, 38 colatecs, 1,277 singing practice rooms, 81 indoor gyms, 251 buffet restaurants, 837 PC rooms, and 867 door-to-door sales businesses, totaling 4,987 establishments.

Supported businesses must be located in Chungnam and have completed registration, licensing, or reporting. In particular, support funds can be received only if operations were suspended during the assembly ban administrative order period.

Businesses that were closed or suspended before the assembly ban administrative order and those that violated the administrative order are excluded from support.

Applications for disaster relief funds can be submitted by visiting the relevant department by industry at the city or county office where the business is located or by sending application documents via email or fax.

The disaster relief funds will be processed and reviewed by the responsible departments in each city and county, with plans to complete payments before Chuseok.

Meanwhile, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the province issued an assembly ban administrative order on high-risk facility sectors within the province starting from the 23rd of last month, and from the 9th, the assembly ban order was eased to an ‘assembly restriction’ for 11 sectors excluding door-to-door sales businesses.

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