Gwangju City Implements Special Lunar New Year Quarantine and Citizen Life Stabilization Measures

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City is implementing the ‘Seol Special Quarantine and Citizen Life Stability Measures’ to ensure that citizens can spend a safe and healthy Lunar New Year holiday from COVID-19.

According to Gwangju City on the 26th, the city is promoting 56 tasks across 11 items in 2 fields divided into special quarantine measures for Seol and citizen life stability measures from the day before until the 14th of next month.

The special quarantine measures for Seol include three items with 13 detailed tasks: ▲Operation of the special quarantine week for Seol ▲Maintaining a flawless quarantine system ▲Providing uninterrupted medical services.

First, from the day before until the 14th, the city will operate the special quarantine week for Seol, spreading and encouraging the practice of daily quarantine through a city-wide campaign such as ‘Spending the Seol holiday at home’ targeting citizens.

In addition, compliance with quarantine rules will be intensively inspected at about 38,000 places across 8 types, including religious and cultural facilities and various workplaces.

During the Seol holiday period, special quarantine measures will be established and thoroughly managed for places expected to be crowded, such as ▲ancestral grave and memorial facilities ▲mass transportation facilities ▲traditional markets and large-scale retail stores.

Furthermore, a flawless quarantine system will be maintained in response to COVID-19 even during the holiday period.

The COVID-19 Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters situation room will be operated, and a quarantine response system will be established to prepare for group patient outbreaks, actively responding to emergency situations. Facilities for diagnostic testing and management of overseas entrants will operate normally as usual.

Self-quarantined individuals will be managed under special measures, operating with an emergency response team, establishing a transport system to prevent unauthorized long-distance departures such as ancestral visits, and conducting surprise inspections, thus operating under a strengthened management system compared to usual.

▲Temporary screening clinics at 5 district offices and city hall ▲Infectious disease dedicated hospitals ▲Residential treatment centers for mild COVID-19 patients will also operate normally to maintain a rapid diagnostic testing and treatment system for COVID-19.

To prevent medical service gaps during the holiday, 25 emergency medical institutions and on-duty medical institutions and pharmacies will be operated to provide uninterrupted medical services.

The list of designated on-duty medical institutions can be checked on the Emergency Medical Portal.

Meanwhile, in the citizen life stability measures field, 43 tasks across 8 items will be promoted, including ▲support measures for marginalized neighbors ▲special price management and revitalization of traditional markets ▲resolution of unpaid wages for workers ▲traffic and transportation measures for returning visitors ▲various disaster and safety management ▲stable supply of tap water and fuel ▲creation of a clean and pleasant environment ▲strict establishment of public service discipline.

First, support measures will be promoted so that marginalized neighbors can spend a warm Seol holiday.

Families in crisis who are not receiving welfare benefits will be intensively identified and supported, and seamless care services will be provided to vulnerable elderly, disabled persons, and low-income children. City officials will also share warmth by delivering consolation goods to marginalized groups.

Efforts will be made to revitalize the local economy, which has been depressed due to COVID-19, by closely monitoring the livelihood field.

Local economic revitalization will be promoted through the purchase of Onnuri gift certificates, campaigns to use traditional markets, operation of local food direct stores and agricultural product direct transaction markets. At the same time, price labeling and origin labeling inspections and guidance will be conducted targeting Seol holiday ritual items.

Traffic and transportation measures will be promoted to facilitate the convenience of returning visitors and ancestral visitors during the Seol holiday, while also ensuring thorough COVID-19 response.

To facilitate transportation for returning visitors and ancestral visitors, 25 bus routes passing through Gwangju General Bus Terminal will be increased during the holiday period, and on Seol day, routes Support 15 and Yongjeon 86 will be extended to Yeongnak Park.

However, the previously operated late-night subway extension before the holiday will not be operated this Seol to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Additionally, ambulances will be pre-positioned at crowded areas expected to be busy with returning visitors and ancestral visitors, such as Gwangju General Bus Terminal, National 5·18 Democratic Cemetery, and Songjeong Station, to establish an immediate transport system that can quickly move suspected COVID-19 symptom cases to screening clinics.

Kim Il-yung, Director of the City Autonomy Administration Bureau, said, “We will do our utmost to implement Seol measures in each field for citizens’ healthy holidays and livelihood stability,” and added, “We hope citizens will actively cooperate with quarantine management by minimizing movement and meetings to ensure a safe holiday that protects themselves and their families.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju City plans to operate a comprehensive situation room from the 11th to the 14th of next month during the Seol holiday period to thoroughly prepare for COVID-19 response and various disasters, incidents, and accidents.

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