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Yangcheon-gu Mobilizes 256 Personnel in 6 Teams to Operate Comprehensive Situation Room and Sectoral Task Forces for Safe and Comfortable Holidays for Residents

Kim Soo-young, Yangcheon District Mayor, Encouraging Screening Clinic Staff

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) has established sector-specific measures and operates a 24-hour comprehensive situation room and task force to ensure that residents can have a safe and comfortable Lunar New Year holiday, a traditional national holiday.

They have prepared systematic measures in six key areas: medical care, safety, transportation, sharing, convenience, and establishment of public service discipline, including maintaining the COVID-19 response system and operating an emergency medical response situation room.

□ Thorough COVID-19 response system and operation of emergency medical response situation room

During the holiday, all sectors responding to COVID-19, including the public health center call center, screening clinics, self-quarantine management team, epidemiological investigation team, patient transport team, confirmed case management team, and disinfection team, will operate on an emergency basis.

In particular, 24-hour monitoring of self-quarantined individuals is maintained through GIS integrated situation board monitoring, and surprise inspections are strengthened.

Additionally, to protect residents' health and minimize inconvenience such as preventing gaps in treatment for emergency and general patients, medical institutions and pharmacies near neighborhoods will be designated and operated to be open during the holiday period. Locations open during the Lunar New Year holiday can be checked on the district office and public health center websites, the Emergency Medical Information Center, and smartphone applications (Emergency Medical Information).

□ Operation of Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for a safe Yangcheon

The Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, composed of 13 teams, operates to thoroughly inspect and prepare for cold wave management, snow removal response system, safety management of construction sites and facilities, safety management and fire prevention of multi-use facilities, and food safety management.

In particular, a joint inspection team consisting of Yangcheon District Office, Yangcheon Fire Station, and external experts conducted safety inspections targeting facilities vulnerable to fire among traditional markets and large stores. They carefully checked the proper location of fire-fighting facilities and equipment, secured safe evacuation routes at emergency exits, whether objects were stored around fire-fighting facilities, and the management status around electrical and gas facilities.

The district has prepared special transportation measures and requested local transportation companies to conduct their own special disinfection and staff training. A transportation countermeasure situation room is also operated to maintain communication with the Seoul City Traffic Situation Room to provide traffic information during the Lunar New Year holiday. However, the extension of the last subway and bus times and the increase in bus routes passing through municipal cemeteries, which were implemented during previous holidays, will not be carried out at all to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area.

□ Do not miss the garbage disposal dates in our neighborhood

The district will conduct a major cleaning on February 10 and 15 to create a clean holiday atmosphere. During the holiday period, cleaning situation teams and mobile teams will operate to manage accumulated garbage and illegal dumping to maintain a clean and pleasant Yangcheon.

Also, banners, placards, and notices informing about household waste disposal during the Lunar New Year holiday are posted and actively promoted.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “I hope everyone has a safe holiday that conveys warm hearts even from afar this Lunar New Year, and we will quietly do our best to ensure residents can have a safe and comfortable Lunar New Year holiday.”

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