Suncheon City Implements Comprehensive Measures for a Safe and Warm Lunar New Year Holiday for Citizens

Promotion of 26 Detailed Action Plans in 8 Areas to Ensure Citizens Have a Warm Holiday Season

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 28th that it will implement comprehensive measures, including operating a comprehensive situation room during the Lunar New Year holiday period, to minimize movement and contact and ensure that citizens and returning visitors can spend the holiday safely without inconvenience in their daily lives.

Suncheon City will operate four COVID-19 screening clinics during the holiday period and support citizens to receive prompt emergency medical treatment and healthcare services through the operation of the health and medical countermeasure situation room.

By having 175 medical institutions and 58 pharmacies in Suncheon take turns operating during the holiday period, efforts will be made to minimize medical service gaps.

Additionally, to minimize inconvenience to residents' daily lives, normal household waste collection will be conducted on January 11 (Thursday) and January 14 (Sunday), which fall within the holiday period.

However, on January 12 (Friday) and January 13 (Saturday), a mobile response team will be operated to minimize complaints related to waste.

Furthermore, to ensure smooth tap water supply, a comprehensive inspection of water supply facilities will be conducted, and 15,000 bottled water units and one emergency water supply vehicle (5 tons) have been secured in preparation for emergency water supply.

During the holiday period, the Disaster Safety Situation Room will maintain a 24-hour emergency situation management system for prompt disaster and accident response and systematic management.

Before the holiday begins, joint public-private on-site safety inspections will be conducted at 17 multi-use facilities such as traditional markets and large supermarkets to strengthen the prevention of safety accidents.

To stabilize prices closely related to the livelihood of ordinary citizens, special management will be focused on the prices of daily necessities and peak-season items.

In addition, the city will conduct intensified inspections on the origin labeling of agricultural, marine, and livestock products and crack down on illegal distribution throughout the city, while carrying out joint disinfection of traditional markets in preparation for COVID-19.

For workers' livelihood stability, a guidance team to resolve unpaid wages will be organized and operated in cooperation with the Yeosu Employment and Labor Office, and to revitalize the local economy, the discount rate for Suncheon Love Gift Certificates will be increased from 5% to 10%, sold at 48 sales agencies.

To ensure smooth traffic flow, traffic guidance and enforcement will be conducted in congested areas such as Suncheon Station and Araetjang, and on Lunar New Year’s Day, city officials will be deployed to provide traffic guidance and vehicle control at the municipal park cemetery and memorial park to prepare for peak congestion times while preventing COVID-19.

Although the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has created an atmosphere of minimizing movement and contact during this year’s Lunar New Year holiday as well, it is expected that tourists will visit Suncheon. Therefore, Suncheon Bay National Garden, Suncheon Bay Wetland, Nagan Eupseong, and drama filming sites will operate normally as usual with intensive disinfection measures.

In particular, the Suncheon Bay National Garden will operate a Lunar New Year program for four days, and during the holiday period, the Suncheon Tourism Information Call Center will operate from around 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to provide tourist information on attractions, accommodations, and restaurants.

A Suncheon city official stated, “Although the festive atmosphere typical of holidays has not been lively since last Chuseok, we will do our best to implement comprehensive holiday measures so that all citizens can have a comfortable and safe holiday from COVID-19 this Lunar New Year as well.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.