Mayor Kwon Young-jin: "Raising Only Daegu's Quarantine Level Is Meaningless... Citizen Participation Must Come First"

At the Executive Meeting on the 17th... "The Priority of Daegu City Administration at Year-End and New Year is Quarantine"

The expanded executive meeting of Daegu City held via video conference on the morning of the 17th. / Provided by Daegu City

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] "From the 21st, when the special year-end and New Year quarantine measures are implemented, until January 3rd next year, the top priority of Daegu city administration for two weeks is quarantine. Please focus the city administration's capabilities accordingly."

At the expanded executive meeting of Daegu City held via video conference on the morning of the 17th, Mayor Kwon Young-jin emphasized, "Looking at the spread in the metropolitan area now, it seems difficult to easily suppress the momentum."

Mayor Kwon said, "At the beginning of this year, during the large-scale outbreak in Daegu, citizens reduced their movement by up to 80%, achieving stabilization. However, the metropolitan area is only reducing movement by 20-25%," and expressed concern that "the spread from the metropolitan area to local regions is only a matter of time."

He continued, "At the current situation, raising the quarantine level only in Daegu is practically meaningless. The core of this special quarantine measure is not to raise the quarantine level but to create an atmosphere where citizens actively participate," and encouraged, "Let public officials, public institution members, and their families take the lead."

Mayor Kwon instructed the responsible department, "Regarding high-risk group facilities such as nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, the full inspection that was conducted once every four weeks has been moved up to every two weeks. Please consider conducting inspections once a week to prepare for infections through commuting workers."

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