UK BBC Broadcasts Gwanak-gu's Proactive COVID-19 Prevention as a 'Success Story'

UK BBC Documentary Panorama 'Covid: Who Got It Right?' Features Gwanak-gu's COVID-19 Response... Focus on Daily Situation Reports, Thorough Screening Tests, and Confirmed Case Epidemiological Investigations

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The world-renowned British public broadcaster BBC introduced the successful COVID-19 prevention case of Gwanak-gu (District Mayor Park Jun-hee) to countries around the world.

The BBC channel's flagship documentary program Panorama, in its 2021 episode titled "Covid: Who Got It Right?", covered the COVID-19 prevention measures of countries such as the UK, the US, France, and India, highlighting Gwanak-gu's pioneering prevention measures and system.

Through an interview with BBC, Mayor Park Jun-hee mentioned, "From the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, we organized a function-specific disaster safety countermeasure headquarters and held daily situation briefings without fail to meticulously check the local prevention status and confirmed case management," referring to Gwanak-gu's proactive and organic prevention system.

The BBC crew gave significant coverage not only to Gwanak-gu's daily situation briefings held without interruption but also to the thorough screening tests and epidemiological investigations conducted after confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Mayor Park stated, "We check daily whether COVID-19 prevention measures are well operated and whether the management of self-quarantined individuals is thorough," adding, "Thorough screening tests and epidemiological investigations are the best methods to prevent COVID-19 infections."

When confirmed cases occur, the district mobilizes all administrative resources to promptly conduct screening tests for contacts, perform on-site disinfection and visits, analyze CCTV footage, carry out epidemiological investigations, and classify and manage self-quarantined individuals, thereby preventing secondary and tertiary infections through proactive responses.

Additionally, regular disinfection is conducted in residents' daily life areas such as parks, traditional markets, and bus stops, and thorough inspections and crackdowns on COVID-19 prevention in multi-use and high-risk facilities are carried out to establish a daily life-centered prevention system.

The BBC One Panorama documentary evaluated, "There were no lockdown measures like those in the UK in South Korea," and added, "Under these circumstances, all aspects of successful COVID-19 prevention are based on thorough testing and epidemiological investigations."

Mayor Park Jun-hee emphasized the importance of community solidarity and cooperation, stating, "The central government's swift actions to protect the lives and health of the people, combined with local governments' community-based prevention efforts, have achieved great results. Especially, the mature civic consciousness to maintain order amid chaos became the strength to overcome the national crisis."

The BBC One Panorama documentary "Covid: Who Got It Right?" was broadcast in the UK on the 22nd and is scheduled to be aired domestically and worldwide through the BBC World channel starting on the 27th.

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