Busan Gijang-gun to Distribute Food Kits Only to Home Treatment Intensive Care Groups Starting from the 14th

Busan Gijang County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan's Gijang-gun has decided to provide food kits supplied to home treatment patients only to the intensive care group.

Gijang-gun changed the target for providing food kits to home treatment patients due to the surge in COVID-19 confirmed cases, and from the 14th, the kits will be given only to the intensive care group.

The intensive care group includes home treatment patients who are ▲60 years old or older, ▲in their 50s with underlying diseases or immunocompromised, and ▲in their 40s prescribed oral antiviral medication.

Busan City decided on February 7th, following the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters' home treatment reorganization plan, not to provide daily necessities to confirmed cases.

Unlike other local governments, Gijang-gun has been providing food kits to all home treatment households until now.

With more than 1,000 new confirmed cases occurring daily recently, the budget is insufficient to provide food kits to all home treatment households, so the target for distribution has been changed.

A Gijang-gun official said, "Personnel who were involved in delivering food kits will be able to focus on other essential quarantine areas such as home treatment," and added, "We believe we can provide improved quarantine services to the residents."

Food kits for home treatment patients will be provided to all home treatment households for residents confirmed by March 12th, and any undelivered kits will be distributed sequentially in the future.

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