[This Person] Why Did Park Junhee, Gwanak-gu Mayor, Visit Heat Relief Centers to Talk with Seniors?

District Mayor Park Inspects Heat Relief Shelter and Listens to Seniors' Suggestions and Complaints Through Conversations

Park Junhee, the mayor of Gwanak-gu, visited the senior center cooling shelter on the 4th and talked with the elderly.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Junhee) has launched on-site inspections of 112 senior centers serving as heatwave shelters in preparation for the ongoing heatwave and the spread of COVID-19.

This year, with heatwave warnings lasting more than 20 days and the extension of social distancing level 4, the inspections aim to closely monitor the usage status of heatwave shelters and compliance with quarantine rules to prevent harm to residents and vulnerable groups.

In particular, Mayor Park Junhee personally participates in this inspection, visiting all senior center heatwave shelters to check management conditions and listen to residents' difficulties.

Mayor Park said, “With the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic making face-to-face communication difficult, it is not easy for residents to voice their suggestions or complaints. I will listen directly to residents on-site and work together to find solutions,” explaining the reason for visiting the heatwave shelters.

Starting with inspections of three heatwave shelters at Nakseongdae-dong senior centers on the 4th, the district has completed inspections of 11 locations so far and will continue to conduct inspections in close cooperation with local community centers and heatwave shelters until September.

Additionally, the district plans to thoroughly respond to the heatwave by advising seniors to refrain from going out, drink sufficient fluids, manage their health, and follow heatwave action guidelines, operating convenient and safe heatwave shelters until the heatwave subsides, maintaining response teams, continuously managing vulnerable groups, and strengthening promotional activities.

Due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, senior centers that had suspended operations have been reopened as heatwave shelters from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily since the 26th of last month, allowing seniors vulnerable to heatwaves to use them.

The senior center heatwave shelters operate with strict adherence to quarantine rules, including usage primarily by seniors who have completed their second vaccination, allowing up to 50% of the facility's maximum capacity, maintaining at least 2 meters of distance, hand sanitization, mask-wearing, and regular ventilation.

Mayor Park Junhee stated, “Protecting the health and safety of residents amid the ongoing heatwave and COVID-19 spread is more important than anything else,” and added, “We will mobilize all administrative efforts to establish thorough quarantine and heatwave damage prevention measures during the heatwave.”

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