Yeosu Suncheon Gwangyang City Administrative Council Jointly Responds to COVID-19 Spread

Active Response to COVID-19 Spread Based on the "Business Agreement for Joint Infectious Disease Response"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shim Kyung-taek] Recently, as COVID-19 infections have spread from entertainment bars and nightclubs in the eastern region of Jeonnam, the cities of Yeosu, Suncheon, and Gwangyang, which are connected as a single living area, have recognized the seriousness of the current situation and launched a joint response.

The Yeosu-Suncheon-Gwangyang Administrative Council (Council Chairman, Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong) announced that on the morning of the 14th, they held a joint COVID-19 response briefing at the Suncheon Shindae Health Living Support Center.

On that day, the mayors and vice mayors of the three cities appealed to citizens to “actively cooperate in preventing community spread by refraining from visiting entertainment establishments in the affected areas as well as other establishments within the Gwangyang Bay area, and by undergoing proactive testing if symptomatic.”

The metropolitan city buses of the three cities will strengthen management such as vehicle disinfection after each operation, and public officials commuting to other regions will work from home for three days. Other public institution employees are also requested to work from home for at least three days.

In particular, they stated, “If the COVID-19 spread trend in the three cities does not calm down, we will consider raising the social distancing level, and the three cities will implement this simultaneously to prevent any balloon effect.”

Kwon Oh-bong, chairman of the council and mayor of Yeosu, said, “To return to daily life as soon as possible, we ask for active cooperation in refraining from visiting other regions and adhering to personal quarantine measures until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes, even if it causes inconvenience and restrictions on livelihoods.”

Meanwhile, the Yeosu-Suncheon-Gwangyang Administrative Council, which has continued since 1986, has worked for the mutual development of the three cities in the Gwangyang Bay area through a total of 32 regular meetings to date, and signed a ‘Business Agreement for Joint Response to Infectious Diseases’ on March 6 last year.

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