Geochang-gun Holds Emergency Disaster Response Non-Face-to-Face Video Meeting for COVID-19 Response

A non-face-to-face video conference is being held to discuss urgent disaster measures for the spread of COVID-19.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province held an emergency disaster response video conference on the 9th, attended by 292 participants including town and township heads and related officials, to respond to the spread of COVID-19.

Gu In-mo, Mayor of Geochang-gun and head of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, presided over simultaneous video meetings in 12 towns and townships, informing the heads about the recent COVID-19 occurrence status, response situation, and countermeasures in Geochang-gun, and conveyed requests for cooperation and reminders.

Mayor Gu said, “The way to overcome the COVID-19 crisis must be based on trust and active cooperation between the administration and residents, and the role of the village head, who acts as a bridge between the administration and village residents, as a leader is important.”

A village head who attended the video conference said, “The efforts of Geochang-gun to maintain an emergency system day and night for the safety of residents are being communicated to all village residents, including the village heads,” and added, “We will unite our strength and cooperate with the county government to overcome this crisis as soon as possible.”

The Geochang-gun Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters has applied Level 1 response policies from February 7 to 13 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and plans to implement strengthened Level 2 measures from February 14 if a large number of confirmed cases continue to occur.

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