Naju-si Implements Comprehensive Measures for Chuseok Holiday... Minimizing Citizen Inconvenience

Published 07 Sep.2022 15:54(KST)

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do, is implementing a comprehensive plan for the Chuseok holiday to ensure a comfortable and safe holiday for citizens and visitors returning home.

The city announced on the 7th that from the 9th to the 12th, during the 4-day holiday, a comprehensive situation room will be operated at the city hall and 20 eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare centers.

The comprehensive situation room is composed of 11 teams, including 'price stabilization,' 'traffic,' 'household waste collection,' 'disaster and safety accident response,' 'COVID-19 quarantine and health care,' and 'handling of civil complaints.'

During the holiday period, the city hall and eup, myeon, dong integrated civil service counters will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to minimize gaps in civil services such as issuing various certificates and handling civil complaints.

At the counters, residents can obtain documents such as resident registration certificates and family relation certificates, and through unmanned civil service issuance machines, a total of 113 types of civil documents can be issued.

Household and food waste will be collected on the 9th and 12th respectively, and inconvenience reports can be made to the city hall cleaning resources department.

An emergency duty team has also been organized for continuous day and night road maintenance.

In coordination with the Road Management Office and the Land Management Office, the city plans to promptly respond to incidents and accidents occurring on the roads and ensure traffic convenience for visitors returning home.

The city has established an emergency medical system in preparation for emergency patients during the holiday period.

The emergency rooms of Naju General Hospital and Bitgaram General Hospital, which are emergency medical institutions, will operate normally, and local hospitals, clinics, and holiday duty pharmacies will be open.

Since operating hours vary by hospital and pharmacy, it is advised to check the health center website or contact the health center emergency quarantine task force before visiting.

Screening clinics for COVID-19 diagnostic tests will operate at the health center and Naju General Hospital from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The health center has organized an emergency quarantine task force to respond swiftly by setting up on-site screening clinics in case of group infections amid the resurgence of COVID-19.

Mayor Yoon Byung-tae said, “We will carefully prepare holiday measures in each sector so that all hometown visitors, families, and relatives who have not been able to visit their hometowns for a while due to COVID-19 can spend the holiday comfortably and safely together.”