Dongdaemun-gu's Proactive Measures for Traditional Market Safety Including 'Visiting Screening Clinics' Installation
Cooperation with Traditional Market Merchants Association... Strengthening Preemptive Testing, Quarantine Activities, and Mask Wearing Enforcement
[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol) has taken proactive measures in cooperation with the merchants' association, including setting up mobile screening clinics, to ensure visitors can safely visit traditional markets ahead of the Chuseok holiday.
To facilitate smooth screening for merchants and visitors, the district installed a 'Mobile Screening Clinic' at Daemyeong Private Parking Lot on the 4th and began full operation from the 5th.
The operating hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and will continue until the situation is resolved.
Additionally, to create a safe traditional market environment, further measures include ▲distribution of masks and various quarantine supplies at traditional markets ▲strengthening disinfection within the markets ▲expanding market-led quarantine activities ▲mandatory mask-wearing for all visitors including merchants, along with guidance and enforcement.
Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “We decided on proactive measures to create a safe traditional market environment ahead of the holiday. Besides setting up the mobile screening clinics, we are blocking infection possibilities through strengthened quarantine activities and mask-wearing enforcement in cooperation with market merchants, so we ask everyone to visit the traditional markets with confidence.”
Hot Picks Today
"Stocks Are Not Taxed, but Annual Crypto Gains Over 2.5 Million Won to Be Taxed Next Year... Investors Push Back"
- "Even With a 90 Million Won Salary and Bonuses, It Doesn’t Feel Like Much"... A Latecomer Rookie Who Beat 70 to 1 Odds [Scientists Are Disappearing] ③
- "Who Is Visiting Japan These Days?" The Once-Crowded Tourist Spots Empty Out... What's Happening?
- "Am I Really in the Top 30%?" and "Worried About My Girlfriend in the Bottom 70%"... Buzz Over High Oil Price Relief Fund
- "It Has Now Crossed Borders": No Vaccine or Treatment as Bundibugyo Ebola Variant Spreads [Reading Science]
The district is encouraging market officials and workers to undergo COVID-19 screening tests every two days to detect cases early and prevent infection, and is urging all residents visiting the markets to participate in the proactive testing.
© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.
