85 Village Buses in Yeongdeungpo-gu Equipped with Disinfection Safety Stickers

Distribution of Hand Sanitizers and Antibacterial Films to Over 1,800 Apartment Elevators... Supporting Public Facility Disinfection Supplies in Residents' Daily Lives for Close-Contact Quarantine

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu has started implementing community-based quarantine measures that residents can directly feel, such as attaching quarantine safety stickers to village buses and providing hand sanitizers and antibacterial films to apartment complexes since the 7th.

Recently, due to COVID-19, the number of village bus passengers has sharply decreased, causing difficulties in operating the village buses, and residents are also feeling uneasy about using them.

In response, the district produced quarantine safety stickers featuring the district slogan and attached them to the fronts of all 85 village buses operating in the area. This aims to encourage village bus operators to take responsibility and thoroughly disinfect, while allowing residents to board the buses with peace of mind from infection risks, achieving a twofold effect.

The district inspects the disinfection of village buses four times daily and has installed hand sanitizers at 215 bus stops throughout the area, focusing all efforts on preventing infections in public transportation and related facilities.

Additionally, since the 10th, the district has begun providing hand sanitizers and antibacterial films to all apartment complexes with elevators in the area. This is an additional community quarantine measure following two rounds of support for quarantine supplies such as hand sanitizers to apartment complexes in the first half of the year.

Recently, there was a case where a large number of confirmed COVID-19 cases occurred in an apartment complex in a Seoul district. To prevent such cases in advance, the district distributed hand sanitizers and antibacterial films to local apartment complexes, ensuring they are placed and attached to about 1,800 elevators in the area.

A district official stated, “Until recently, concerns about using elevators, which residents frequently use, increased due to the resurgence of COVID-19. Also, as a preemptive measure to protect vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly, we have additionally distributed hand sanitizers and antibacterial films.”

Cha Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “Village buses and apartment elevators are public facilities closely connected to residents’ daily lives, so we have provided quarantine and supplies support to ensure residents can use them safely. We will not let our guard down until COVID-19 ends and will continue to strengthen community-based quarantine efforts.”

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