[Photo] Gwangjin-gu Provides Masks to Post Office Employees and Sanitation Workers

Delivering Masks with Encouragement and Comfort to Post Office Employees (Around 47,000), Traditional Market Merchants, and Sanitation Workers (Around 96,000) Busy During the Lunar New Year Holiday

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Seon-gap) is providing masks to workers who spend the Lunar New Year holiday busier than usual to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections in the community during the holiday season.

First, on the 3rd, the district delivered about 47,000 KF94 masks to employees of the Dong Seoul Postal Distribution Center and Gwangjin Post Office.

This mask support was prepared to encourage post office delivery workers and staff who have to deliver and handle the rapidly increasing volume of parcels ahead of the Lunar New Year, along with preventing COVID-19 infections.

Additionally, the district distributed a total of about 96,000 masks to workers who frequently come into contact with many people, such as traditional market merchants, individual taxi drivers, and sanitation workers.

Masks were also provided to elderly waste paper collectors working in difficult environments to ensure they can have a safe holiday.

Prior to this, the district has been supporting masks at every critical moment since the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak last year, based on the judgment that wearing masks is the top priority.

From vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly to all residents, a total of 8.14 million masks have been distributed so far to prevent blind spots in quarantine despite the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

District Mayor Kim Seon-gap said, “I thank those who work hard for residents’ convenience, such as parcel delivery and traditional market operations, even during the holidays,” and added, “Our district will also implement a thorough comprehensive Lunar New Year holiday plan in each sector and do our best to operate the COVID-19 Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to ensure there is no administrative gap during the holiday period.”

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