Yoon Seok-yeol: "Public Hospitals to Convert to COVID-19 Dedicated Facilities... Party Members to Be Deployed as Volunteers" (Comprehensive)

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is delivering opening remarks at the emergency countermeasure meeting to overcome COVID-19 held at the National Assembly on the 21st. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, held an emergency countermeasure meeting on the 21st to overcome COVID-19 and urged, "Public hospitals such as the National Medical Center should be converted into dedicated COVID-19 beds."

Candidate Yoon pointed out, "Due to a shortage of medical staff, patients remain at home without receiving any treatment and worsen to severe conditions, completely unable to utilize the world's top-level medical system," and proposed this measure. The COVID-19 emergency countermeasure meeting is a direct organization under the candidate, with Yoon serving as the chairperson. It operates by merging with the existing COVID-19 Response Committee under the election campaign headquarters, which was chaired by Kim Jong-in, the overall election campaign committee chairman.

After the meeting, Yoon told reporters, "I heard that many non-medical volunteers are needed as auxiliary personnel to assist with COVID-19 testing, so our party will discuss this," and announced follow-up measures such as deploying People Power Party members.

The meeting body plans to practically prepare compensation measures for small business owners and self-employed individuals affected by strengthened social distancing, as well as improvements to the medical system. This move is also interpreted as the election campaign headquarters, which has been struggling with negative responses recently, attempting to break through current issues with COVID-19 response policies.

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