Jung Won-oh, Seongdong-gu Mayor, Fulfills Role as Local Quarantine Commander Even During Chuseok

3 COVID-19 Cases Including 2 Patients at Dana Hospital Confirmed on Chuseok Day in Seongdong-gu on the 1st... District Mayor Jeong Won-oh Receives On-site Report, Discloses Movement Paths, Confirms Messenger Texts, and Conducts Quarantine Operations

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu (photo), could not rest peacefully even on Chuseok Day, the 1st.

This was because three residents of Seongdong-gu were confirmed as COVID-19 cases.

Due to this, Mayor Jung did not relinquish his role as the local quarantine commander on that day.

On the morning of that day, Mayor Jung received an on-site COVID-19 case report from Jung Chang-yeol, the head of the epidemiological investigation team, and spent a busy day issuing orders to disclose movement paths.

In particular, an emergency situation arose as three residents, including two inpatients at Dana Hospital in Dobong-gu where 33 cases were confirmed, were identified as confirmed cases.

Mayor Jung Won-oh said, “Three residents were confirmed as COVID-19 cases, so I received a situation report from the epidemiological investigation team dispatched on-site and ordered the disclosure of movement paths and the sending of text messages. I will probably have to work emergency duty throughout this Chuseok holiday.”

Accordingly, on that day, five epidemiological investigators including Team Leader Jung, as well as employees from the Public Relations Officer’s media team (Team Leader Lee Jin-young) and the Promotion Team (Team Leader Lee Shin-jung), who worked from home, made efforts to disclose the movement paths after identifying them on-site.

In particular, the government is making every effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by requesting people to refrain from visiting their hometowns during this Chuseok holiday, so the efforts of local government officials responsible for the field are greater than ever.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun also expressed his gratitude during a phone call with KBS1 Radio’s ‘Joo Jin-woo Live,’ which started at 5:05 p.m. that day, saying, “I ask people to refrain from visiting their hometowns during this Chuseok, and behind the success of K-quarantine, the efforts of local government officials are very significant.”

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