From the 7th to the 28th, 100,000 won per citizen

As the spread of COVID-19 prolonged, Mokpo Mayor Kim Jong-sik decided to provide disaster relief funds to all citizens to alleviate the contraction of the local economy even slightly. Photo by Mokpo City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] Mokpo City, Jeonnam, will provide the 2nd disaster relief fund starting from the 7th to support citizens suffering from the prolonged COVID-19 infection situation.

On the 4th, the city announced in a statement, "Although the severe situation continues, we have decided to provide the disaster relief fund from the 7th, judging that revitalizing the ordinary people’s economy is as urgent and important as quarantine measures."

Originally, the city planned to distribute the disaster relief fund from the end of January before the Lunar New Year holiday, but due to the severity of the COVID-19 situation and to ensure the effectiveness of the temporary pause campaign, the payment schedule was inevitably adjusted to after the Lunar New Year holiday.

However, for 30,000 people including basic pension and disability pension recipients, the fund was paid collectively last month to their pension receiving accounts without separate application.

The 2nd disaster relief fund recipients are all citizens of Mokpo City with registered addresses in the jurisdiction as of January 3 this year, including some foreigners. Each person will receive 100,000 KRW, paid via the local love card to boost the local economy. However, citizens who received the fund last month through their basic pension or disability pension accounts are excluded.

Applications can be made from February 7 to February 28 by the head of the household visiting the local administrative welfare center in their jurisdiction for a collective application, and the local love card will be issued immediately per household. If a household member applies, only their portion will be paid, but if a household member applies with a power of attorney and brings the household head’s ID, the payment will be made collectively for the household.

During the first week (February 7?11), a day-of-week system applies: household heads with birth years ending in 1 or 6 can apply on Monday, 2 or 7 on Tuesday, 3 or 8 on Wednesday, 4 or 9 on Thursday, and 5 or 0 on Friday.

The prepaid card usage period is until June 30, and usage is restricted in online shopping malls, delivery apps, large supermarkets, entertainment, and gambling industries.

The city plans to conduct temperature checks upon entry, mandatory hand sanitization, and disinfect the administrative building twice daily to ensure safe application and reception.

Additionally, to minimize waiting times, the city will limit the number of applicants waiting, enforce social distancing of at least 1 meter while waiting, and greatly simplify the application process.

A city official emphasized, "We hope the disaster relief fund will revitalize the local economy. Given the severe situation with increasing COVID-19 cases, we ask for compliance with the birth year-based 5-day rotation system and collective application by the household head to minimize the number of visitors and waiting times at the administrative welfare centers."

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