Gyeongbuk Gumi-si Allocates 2.2 Billion KRW for 'Emergency Disaster Management Fund'

(Photo by Gumi City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] Gumi City, Gyeongbuk announced on the 2nd that it will invest 2.258 billion won from the emergency disaster management fund to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Gumi City plans to use this fund to purchase quarantine supplies such as masks and hand sanitizers and deliver them to medical institutions, public transportation workers, and vulnerable facilities.

COVID-19 prevention supplies will also be provided to workers. This is to prevent the suspension of production facilities at workplaces and minimize economic damage. Disinfection costs will also be supported for multi-use facilities, group facilities, and 27 eup, myeon, and dong districts.

Kwon Dong-cheol, head of the Disaster Safety Division of Gumi City, said, "We will strive to block the inflow of COVID-19 into the region and ensure it ends quickly."