President Yoon Orders Swift Measures on Electric Vehicle Fires and COVID-19 Spread

President Yoon Suk-yeol is heading to the reception room after presenting the appointment letter to Police Chief Jo Ji-ho at the Presidential Office building in Yongsan, Seoul, on the 12th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

President Yoon Suk-yeol recently urged relevant ministries on the 12th to devise measures in response to growing public anxiety caused by an electric vehicle fire in Incheon and the spread of COVID-19.

On the same day, President Yoon held a regular meeting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the Yongsan Presidential Office and instructed, "Take swift action to implement measures to prevent public anxiety related to electric vehicle fires and the resurgence of COVID-19," presidential spokesperson Jung Hye-jun conveyed.

Earlier, a fire broke out in a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle in the underground parking lot of an apartment in Incheon, spreading 'electric vehicle fear.' In response, related ministries including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the National Fire Agency held an emergency meeting that day to prepare countermeasures.

The recent spread of COVID-19 is also intensifying. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in the first week of this month was 861, marking the highest level in six months since 875 patients were recorded in the first week of February.

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