Daegu City's 'Best of Municipal Administration' This Year is Rapid Transfer of Confirmed Cases ... 70% Reflected in Citizen Voting

Daegu City Announces 'Top 10 Municipal Achievements of 2020'
Experts' Scores 30%... 8,778 Citizens Participated

The 'Prepared Daegu Fire Department's Response to Transporting Multiple COVID-19 Confirmed Patients' received the highest support among the 'Top 10 Daegu City Administration Highlights of 2020' that shone the brightest in Daegu this year. / Provided by Daegu City

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] The '2020 Daegu City Administration Best 10' citizen voting results, which highlighted the most outstanding achievements in Daegu this year, showed that 'Prepared Daegu Fire Department's Response to Transporting Multiple COVID-19 Confirmed Patients' received the highest support.

According to Daegu City on the 20th, the 'Best 10 City Policies' were selected by combining the evaluation scores (30%) from a judging committee composed of experts from the Performance Evaluation Committee, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Research Institute, and Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters, with the online and street voting scores (70%) from citizens, covering 48 project applications from various departments.

The top policy chosen by citizens was the Daegu Fire Safety Headquarters' response to transporting COVID-19 confirmed patients. From February 21 to April 2, during a very severe local COVID-19 situation, 11,657 field activity personnel mobilized 17,406 pieces of equipment to transport 6,632 patients, achieving a total travel distance of 319,914 km.

The 2nd place was awarded to 'COVID-19 K-Quarantine Leading City, Daegu!' which enhanced Daegu's status through innovative and proactive quarantine policies. It was evaluated as demonstrating the overcoming of the COVID-19 crisis together based on citizen participation and dedication, including citizen-participatory quarantine policies, new types of screening clinic installations, and proactive diagnostic testing.

The 3rd place went to 'The Hero of D-Quarantine! Operation of Daegu Residential Treatment Centers Noticed Worldwide,' which changed the COVID-19 treatment system through cooperation between Daegu City and the local medical community.

Additionally, the Best 10 included ▲4th place 'Early Exhaustion of Daegu Happiness Pay 300 Billion Won' ▲5th place 'Daegu Hope Support Fund Distribution' ▲6th place 'Unsung Heroes of COVID-19 Quarantine, Crisis Response through Big Data' ▲7th place '1 Trillion Won Scale Industrial Complex Major Renovation Project' ▲8th place 'Daegu Mobile Collaborative Robot Regulatory Free Zone Designation' ▲9th place 'Daegu-style Hope Jobs! Thank You!' ▲10th place 'Nation’s First Emergency Care Service Support Team Operation.'

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin encouraged the responsible departments, saying, "This year's Daegu City Administration Best 10 is the proud result of the citizen spirit that has united to overcome the unprecedented great crisis of COVID-19 together."

Meanwhile, the citizen voting for the Daegu City Administration Best 10 was conducted from December 1 to 15 through online voting on the Daegu City website and at Dongdaegu Station, Dongseong-ro, Banwoldang Station, and Seomun Market on December 9 and 10. A total of 8,778 citizens participated.

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