Jeongeup-si Promotes 'Chuseok Holiday Comprehensive Measures'... Strengthening COVID-19 Prevention

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City, Jeollabuk-do (Mayor Yoo Jin-seop) announced on the 15th that it will implement a comprehensive Chuseok holiday livelihood stabilization plan focusing on COVID-19 prevention and citizen safety to ensure that citizens and returning visitors can have a comfortable holiday ahead of Chuseok.

The city plans to supplement and strengthen COVID-19 prevention measures tailored for Chuseok and maintain a rapid response system in case of emergencies to minimize citizen inconvenience.

To this end, from the 18th to the 22nd during the holiday period, a comprehensive situation room will be operated to focus on citizen safety and actively respond in emergencies.

As part of this comprehensive plan, seven task forces closely related to citizens' lives will be organized, including the comprehensive situation team, medical and quarantine, disaster and accident, prices, transportation, living environment, and water and sewage sectors.

In particular, a quarantine task force will be operated to block the spread of COVID-19 and ensure rapid response, maintaining a 24-hour emergency work system including a COVID-19 hotline, screening clinics, and epidemiological investigations.

Additionally, an emergency medical system will be established with emergency medical institutions and holiday duty pharmacies to prevent gaps in patient care during the holiday period.

Medical institutions and pharmacies available during the holiday can be inquired at the Jeongeup City Hall duty office and public health center, and can also be checked on the city hall website.

Along with this, the simultaneous entry to the columbarium at the Southwest Memorial Park will be limited to 50 people, and guides will be assigned to strengthen disinfection of entrants.

Furthermore, compliance with quarantine rules at high-risk and medium-risk facilities such as religious facilities, karaoke rooms, PC rooms, entertainment bars, and restaurants will be regularly inspected.

The 'Disaster and Accident Task Force' will conduct pre-safety inspections of multi-use facilities to prevent various disaster accidents and operate the situation room 24 hours a day to respond quickly in case of emergencies.

A special quarantine posture will also be established to block infectious diseases such as African swine fever, avian influenza, and foot-and-mouth disease.

The city will frequently monitor price trends of essential goods to stabilize prices and will guide and crack down on origin labeling and unfair trade practices to establish a sound distribution order.

During the holiday, a mobile cleaning team will operate to intensively clean major city routes and promptly respond to urgent complaints related to waste collection.

Overall inspection of sewage facilities will be conducted, and an emergency work system will be maintained in cooperation with related organizations such as the Water Resources Corporation to handle water and sewage-related complaints and emergencies.

Mayor Yoo Jin-seop said, “We will do our best to ensure that citizens can have a safe and prosperous Chuseok holiday by focusing on COVID-19 prevention and livelihood stabilization,” and added, “We ask citizens to strictly follow quarantine rules for the safety of their families and neighbors.”

Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil gjg7070@asiae.co.kr

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