Wando-gun Distributes 6 KF94 Masks to All Residents

The Most Effective Prevention Currently Is 'Wearing Masks': Appeal to Residents

Wando County will provide six KF94 masks per person to all residents. (Photo by Wando County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Shin Woo-cheol) announced on the 15th that it will distribute six KF94 masks per person to all residents to prevent the simultaneous spread of COVID-19 and influenza and protect the health of the residents.

This mask distribution consists of 110,000 masks (worth 80 million KRW) donated by the Seoul-based Cheongsan-myeon Alumni Association (President Kim In-su) and 200,000 masks purchased by the county, totaling 300,000 masks to be distributed.

The masks have already been delivered to the towns and townships and are planned to be fully distributed within this week. The county had previously distributed cloth masks to all residents in March.

Meanwhile, Kim In-su, president of the Seoul-based Cheongsan-myeon Alumni Association, also donated 20,000 masks to the Wando County Happiness Welfare Foundation in September for the residents of his hometown Cheongsando and the county citizens.

With the recent third wave of COVID-19 spreading rapidly, practicing personal quarantine measures such as social distancing and wearing masks is more important than ever. The effectiveness of mask-wearing has been confirmed through various cases.

At Church A in Gyeonggi-do, two confirmed cases attended a service, exposing about 700 people to infection risk, but proper mask-wearing and adherence to quarantine rules prevented further infections within the church.

Also, at Hospital B in Gwangju, two confirmed patients visited for treatment and had close contact with 13 medical staff members, but strict mask-wearing and maintaining distance from other patients while waiting for treatment reduced the risk of transmission.

Kim Seon-jong, director of the Wando County Health and Medical Center, emphasized, “Currently, the easiest and most certain COVID-19 prevention vaccine is wearing a mask,” and urged, “Although it may be inconvenient, please wear a mask for yourself, your family, and your neighbors.”

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