96% of National Support Fund Recipients Received It... 8 out of 10 Citizens

Paid to a total of 41.652 million people since the 6th of last month
Credit and debit cards account for 73.1%, the highest
Application deadline is October 29

On the first day of offline applications for the COVID-19 Mutual Aid National Support Fund on the 13th, citizens are moving to receive related consultations at the Gireum 1-dong Community Service Center in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Twenty-five days after the start of the COVID-19 coexistence national support fund distribution, 96.3% of eligible recipients have received the support fund. Based on the entire population, it was found that 8 out of 10 people received the support fund.

According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 1st, as of the 25th day since the application began, on the 30th of last month, a total of 151,000 people applied and 37.82 billion KRW was paid.

Since the application start date on the 6th of this month, the cumulative number of applicants is 41,652,000, and the cumulative payment amount is 10.4131 trillion KRW. The national support fund is provided at 250,000 KRW per person to the bottom 88% income bracket of the population.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety has estimated the number of eligible recipients (tentative) at 43.26 million, of which 96.3% have received the support fund, accounting for 80.6% of the total population.

By payment method, credit/debit cards account for the largest share at 73.1% (30,466,000 people), followed by local love gift certificates at 17.0% (7,083,000 people), and prepaid cards at 9.9% (4,103,000 people).

By region, the number of applicants was highest in the following order: Gyeonggi 10.63 million, Seoul 6.812 million, Gyeongnam 2.867 million, and Busan 2.802 million.

As of 6 p.m. the previous day, the cumulative number of appeals was 356,000. The main reasons for appeals were health insurance premium adjustments (141.5%) and household composition changes (34.9%).

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety has been accepting online applications for the national support fund since the 6th and offline applications since the 13th. The weekday system based on the last digit of the birth year has been lifted for both online and offline applications, allowing applications regardless of birth year. The application deadline is October 29.

For offline applications, to receive the national support fund via credit/debit card, applicants should visit the bank linked to their card. To receive the fund via prepaid card or paper-type local love gift certificates, applicants must visit the resident center of their jurisdictional eup/myeon/dong.

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