Seochunsoo, Hamyang County Governor, Appeals to Returnees to Refrain from Visiting Hometown During Lunar New Year Holiday

Campaign to Refrain from Visiting Hometowns During Lunar New Year Special Quarantine Period, Including Sending Letters from County Governor to Out-of-Town Residents

Hamyang-gun Lunar New Year Home Visit Restraint Banner (Photo by Hamyang-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 1st that it will carry out a campaign to refrain from visiting hometowns during the Lunar New Year holiday period to prevent the local spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

With the Lunar New Year, a major national holiday, approaching and many expatriates expected to visit their hometowns, and with the designation of the ‘Lunar New Year Special Quarantine Period’ from the 1st to the 14th of this month, the county sent a letter from the county governor containing this information to expatriates on the 29th and also promoted it through SNS.

County Governor Seo Chun-su stated in the letter, “I deeply thank all our fellow citizens who have participated in strict quarantine rules such as social distancing and prohibition of gatherings of more than five people over the past year, and I earnestly ask you to take the lead in refraining from visiting your hometown during the Lunar New Year holiday and participating in social distancing so that we can have a safe Lunar New Year and welcome a warm spring as soon as possible.”

He added, “We will do our best to protect our hometown, clean Hamyang, from COVID-19 and to ensure the successful hosting of the Hamyang Wild Ginseng Expo, which will be held from September 10.”

Meanwhile, during this Lunar New Year special quarantine period, the county plans to continuously promote to residents and expatriates to refrain from visiting family and relatives and traveling, and to minimize movement and contact.

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