Mokpo City Implements Special COVID-19 Prevention Measures During Chuseok Holiday

Encouraging Small-Scale Hometown Visits, Activating Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, Focusing on Blocking Symptomatic Outsiders

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seung-hyun Jeong] Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 13th that it will implement special COVID-19 prevention measures ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

The city has set the core message as "Please refrain from traveling during the Chuseok holiday, and visit your hometown after vaccination and diagnostic testing!" and plans to encourage small-scale visits to hometowns.

To maintain a thorough COVID-19 prevention system, the city will operate the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters continuously during the Chuseok holiday period, while key prevention functions such as monitoring self-quarantined individuals and diagnostic testing at seven screening clinics will be maintained as usual.

In addition, to preemptively block prevention threats from external factors, thermal imaging cameras will be operated at Mokpo Station, the bus terminal, and the coastal passenger terminal to screen out symptomatic individuals.

The city's special prevention measures for Chuseok have already begun. Since August 30, joint inspections with private experts have been conducted at traditional markets, retail stores, and fish auction sites expected to be crowded before the holiday to check safety management and compliance with prevention guidelines.

Along with this, strict adherence to prevention rules such as banning mass gatherings and tasting events was also urged.

To prevent overcrowding at ancestral grave and memorial facilities, a reservation system will be implemented in advance, and online memorial services will be provided through the e-Haneul Funeral Information System.

A city official stated, "We ask those who have not completed vaccination to refrain from visiting their hometowns and to minimize unnecessary meetings and contacts during travel. We hope everyone will participate in efforts for a safe Chuseok holiday by conducting diagnostic tests before and after visiting their hometowns."

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