Gyeonggi-do Operates 'Cold Weather Shelter for Mobile Workers' to Endure Winter

77 Rest Areas Including Provincial Government Office and Northern Office to Open by March 5 Next Year

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Gyeonggi Province will operate 'Cold Weather Shelters for Mobile Workers' until March 5 next year.

On the 28th, Gyeonggi Province announced that this is a measure to prevent cold exposure and protect the rest and health rights of mobile workers.

The main users are mobile workers such as delivery drivers, quick service workers, postal workers, and substitute drivers who work outdoors for long hours in the cold due to the nature of their jobs.

The shelters will be operated at a total of 77 locations, including six Gyeonggi Provincial Government offices such as the Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Office, seven affiliated agencies, 24 business offices, and 40 public institutions. Rest areas will be set up using lounges and lobbies of each institution, and heaters will be operated.

Regarding the operation of the shelters, the province plans to strictly apply COVID-19 prevention measures such as designating facility managers for each shelter, disinfecting once a day and ventilating frequently, checking body temperature, requiring visitors to wear masks, limiting the number of users to 30% or less of the facility's total capacity, maintaining a distance of at least 2 meters between users, and keeping a visitor log.

From June to September, the province operated 'Heat Relief Shelters for Mobile Workers' at 77 locations including the Gyeonggi Provincial Government and public institutions.

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