Suncheon-si Implements Comprehensive Measures for a Safe Chuseok Holiday Amid COVID-19

Conducting Focused Inspections on 27 Items Across 8 Areas to Ensure 290,000 Citizens Enjoy a Warm Chuseok Holiday

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok) announced on the 10th that it has established a ‘Chuseok Holiday Comprehensive Plan’ to promptly respond to any citizen inconveniences that may arise during the holiday period and to protect citizens’ safety from COVID-19 in celebration of the nation’s biggest traditional holiday, Chuseok.

This Chuseok holiday comprehensive plan includes building a thorough quarantine system to prevent this holiday from becoming a turning point for the resurgence of COVID-19 infections amid the spread of variant viruses and the increase in confirmed cases. Detailed sector-specific implementation plans have been meticulously developed and will be executed to ensure that all 290,000 citizens can enjoy a bountiful and warm Chuseok holiday.

To create a more comfortable and safe Suncheon, a temporary screening clinic will operate at Suncheon Station for five days from the 18th to the 22nd, targeting returning visitors and citizens. During the Chuseok holiday, the Suncheon City Public Health Center will operate a screening clinic from around 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Local medical institutions and pharmacies will take turns on duty during the holiday period to support rapid emergency treatment and medical services, and a comprehensive situation room for 24-hour disaster and accident prevention will also be operated.

The city will form a joint inspection team to stabilize Chuseok prices by monitoring unfair trade practices such as hoarding of essential goods and will conduct guidance and crackdowns on businesses with excessive personal service fee increases. Additionally, enforcement against violations of origin labeling for agricultural and livestock products will be strengthened, and special crackdowns on the distribution of illegal livestock products will be conducted.

To foster a warmer and more heartfelt holiday atmosphere, efforts are being made to promote and accept applications for the COVID-19 coexistence national support fund, which began on the 6th, and the fund will be promptly distributed through eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare centers and the National Support Fund TF to ensure it can be used before Chuseok.

Furthermore, to minimize face-to-face visits, consolation goods will be delivered to 73 social welfare facilities and 4,890 marginalized households within the city.

To minimize citizen inconvenience during the holiday, normal household waste collection will take place on the 18th and 20th, and 15,000 bottled water units have been secured for emergency water supply following a comprehensive inspection of water supply facilities to ensure smooth tap water supply.

For smooth vehicle traffic, traffic guidance and enforcement will be conducted in cooperation between public and private sectors at habitual congestion areas such as Suncheon Station, Araetjang, and the terminal.

At the municipal park cemetery and memorial park, online memorial services and a pre-visit reservation system will be actively promoted to adjust crowd density and prevent overcrowding. On Chuseok day, related officials will be on duty for traffic guidance and vehicle control to prepare for dispersing peak congestion times.

Although there is a general atmosphere of minimizing travel and contact, including requests to visit hometowns with the minimum number of people, tourists are expected to visit Suncheon. Therefore, Suncheon Bay National Garden, Suncheon Bay Wetland, Nagan Eupseong, and drama filming sites will operate normally. Forty-three quarantine and management personnel will be deployed at major tourist sites to disinfect facilities regularly and guide tourists on safety rules, ensuring thorough COVID-19 prevention.

A city official stated, “It is very unfortunate that families and relatives cannot meet freely due to COVID-19, but we ask everyone to strictly adhere to quarantine rules for a swift return to normal life.” He added, “We will establish a comprehensive situation room during the holiday period to promptly respond to incidents and accidents so that everyone can have a safe and happy Chuseok holiday.”

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