Jinju City "Priority COVID-19 Vaccination for Export Companies" ... Petition to Government

"Overseas Economic Workers Should Be Included in Emergency Departures to Ease Criteria"

Jinju City Hall Exterior (Photo by Jinju City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 7th that it has requested the government to expand priority vaccination and relax support criteria to help local small and medium-sized export companies struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

According to government guidelines that allow priority vaccination for urgent departures involving important economic activities after strict verification procedures, the city requested that overseas economic actors such as export businesspeople and trade workers be included as urgent travelers and that the criteria be relaxed accordingly.

Jinju City has been conducting aggressive overseas market development projects to support small and medium export companies, including dispatching overseas market development teams, overseas branch establishment projects, and support for participation in international exhibitions.

However, with the cancellation of various international exhibitions last year and the blocking of market development opportunities, companies have faced significant difficulties in overseas expansion and export route development. The city explained that this year's project implementation is also uncertain, and that COVID-19 vaccines will be the best support measure necessary for economic activities for export companies.

Song Kyun-ho, president of the Jinju Exporters Association, emphasized, "Companies are having a very hard time due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic," and added, "We hope that export businesspeople will also be included in the priority vaccination group so that small and medium export companies can actively operate."

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