Geochang-gun Urges Residents from Other Areas to Refrain from Visiting to Prevent COVID-19 Influx

Refraining from Visits by Relatives and Acquaintances Living in Other Regions to Support Social Distancing

Geochang-gun Health Clinic Exterior (Photo by Geochang-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, has urged relatives and acquaintances living in the metropolitan area and other regions to refrain from visiting the area to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

With COVID-19 rapidly spreading nationwide recently, there have been many cases where visitors from other regions overlap with confirmed patients' movement paths, raising concerns about quarantine measures.

Due to the characteristics of COVID-19, which often presents asymptomatic or mild symptoms, there is a high possibility of unknowingly transmitting the infection to family and those around them.

The county is urging relatives and acquaintances living in other regions to minimize visits, and residents are also encouraged to refrain from traveling to other areas to preemptively block the inflow of infection sources from outside.

Gu In-mo, the mayor of Geochang-gun, said, "Our county is maintaining vigilance and actively responding to COVID-19, but prevention is difficult without the cooperation of residents. We ask for active participation in social distancing by refraining from meetings and visits with relatives and acquaintances living in other regions."

As the level 2 social distancing has been extended until the 17th, with strengthened quarantine rules banning private gatherings of five or more people, Geochang-gun is implementing special quarantine measures to block the external inflow of COVID-19.

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