Daegu City Operates Safe Lodging to Prevent 'Secondary Infection Among Cohabiting Family Members'

A total of 65 rooms secured across 5 businesses... 20,000 KRW per night, up to 7 nights maximum

Employees are working at the Comprehensive Situation Room of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Gwangjin-gu Office in Seoul on the 14th. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Daegu City is operating family safety accommodations for cohabiting family members of home treatment patients due to the recent surge in confirmed cases caused by the spread of the Omicron variant.

The family safety accommodations are a policy to prevent secondary infections between home treatment patients and their cohabiting family members and to alleviate the psychological anxiety and economic burden of home treatment patients.

Daegu City, with the cooperation of the Daegu branch of the Korea Accommodation Business Association, is currently operating a total of five locations, one each in Jung-gu, Seo-gu, Buk-gu, Suseong-gu, and Dalseong-gun.

All rooms are 2 to 3-person rooms, totaling 65 rooms, and can accommodate up to 133 people.

The eligible users are cohabiting family members of home treatment patients; minors must be accompanied by a guardian, and users must have completed vaccination and have a negative COVID-19 test result.

To reduce the economic burden on users, of the 60,000 KRW daily accommodation fee, users pay 20,000 KRW, and Daegu City supports 40,000 KRW. The usage period is up to 7 days.

Applications for accommodation use can be submitted to the district or county health department with an admission application form, consent form for personal information provision, proof of completed vaccination, and negative COVID-19 test confirmation by visiting, fax, or email. If it is not possible to submit documents to the health department due to circumstances, they can be submitted directly to the accommodation.

Daegu City has provided participating family safety accommodation businesses with disinfection supplies such as sterilizing disinfectants and sprayers for room disinfection.

Lee Young-hee, Director of the Daegu City Citizen Health Bureau, said, “In the current situation where COVID-19 confirmed cases are rapidly increasing, the operation of family safety accommodations is expected to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections in the local community.”

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