"Spend Seol Holiday at Home" Gwangju Community Citywide Campaign Underway

Mayor Lee Yong-seop Participates in Youth Square Plaza 1st Campaign to Promote Quarantine Rules

On the morning of the 10th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, participated in the Gwangju Community Wide Citizen Campaign to Overcome COVID-19 held at the Comprehensive Bus Terminal in Gwangcheon-dong, Seo-gu, distributing leaflets to citizens and promoting COVID-19 prevention guidelines. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City has launched a large-scale Gwangju Community-wide citizen campaign involving both public and private sectors to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the Lunar New Year holiday.

This campaign, conducted more than twice a week, is carried out simultaneously throughout the city by the city government, self-governing organizations, civic groups, and volunteers working together to promote the practice of daily quarantine measures.

The five autonomous districts also rolled up their sleeves to spread the holiday atmosphere prioritizing quarantine by conducting campaigns with 1,390 participants focusing on about 280 major intersections and multi-use facilities in each district.

At the first citywide campaign held on the 10th, the day before the Lunar New Year holiday, at U-Square Plaza, Mayor Lee Yong-seop of Gwangju, along with civic groups such as the Gwangju Saemaul Association, the Council for Correct Living Movement, the Korean Freedom Federation Gwangju Branch, the Gwangju Civic Society Federation, the Volunteer Center, and the Safety Monitoring Group, participated together to mainly promote messages urging visitors and general citizens to refrain from visiting hometowns, relatives, and traveling during the holiday period.

Mayor Lee distributed leaflets to citizens that read “Rest at home this Lunar New Year,” “The best vaccine is strict compliance with quarantine rules,” “No private gatherings of five or more,” and “Have at least one family member get tested for COVID-19,” urging citizens to strictly follow quarantine guidelines during the holiday period.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “The Lunar New Year holiday, when movement increases, can be a critical turning point in managing the COVID-19 situation,” and added, “I ask for the cooperation of all citizens to minimize movement and contact during the holiday, and to strictly comply with quarantine rules such as wearing masks and social distancing so that we can have a healthy holiday.”

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