Mayor Heo Seong-gon of Gimhae: Absolutely No 3rd Level Escalation... Relaunch of the Good Rent Campaign

Heo Seong-gon, Mayor of Gimhae, presiding over an emergency executive meeting.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Please mobilize all administrative power and take strict precautions to absolutely avoid raising social distancing to level 3.

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 20th that it held an emergency executive meeting recently chaired by Mayor Heo Seong-gon and issued such instructions due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic worsening difficulties for small business owners and self-employed individuals.

Mayor Heo instructed, “Since recent cluster infection cases in our city and the third pandemic wave are characterized by many asymptomatic cases, the public health center should make maximum use of screening clinics to quickly identify infected individuals.”

He especially emphasized that high-risk facilities such as restaurants, saunas, and churches should implement quarantine measures equivalent to level 3, and that various gatherings and events where many people gather?such as year-end parties, New Year’s parties, sunset and sunrise viewing events, year-end and New Year ceremonies?should be postponed or canceled.

He added, “With the implementation of social distancing level 2, difficulties for small business owners and self-employed individuals are increasing, so please re-promote the Good Rent Campaign.”

Meanwhile, Gimhae City issued an administrative order banning gatherings at 13 PC rooms in Jinyeong-eup until the 31st after confirmed cases continued to emerge at PC rooms in the Jinyeong-eup area. Additionally, the number of COVID-19 screening clinics was increased from 4 to 7.

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