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Brief Countermeasures Report of Daejeon Metropolitan Express Transit Corp.(DJET) Daejeon Metropolitan City
Daejeon Metropolitan City (DMC), located in the central region of the Republic of Korea, serves as a
hub of transportation. DMC has a population of over 1.5 million people and is a center of
transportation in South Korea. Known as the Silicon Valley of Korea, it is the home of private and
public research institutes, centers and science parks.
As of March 22th, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 222, including 24 in DMC, 120 in South
Chungcheong Province, 36 in North Chungcheong Province, and 42 in Sejong Special Self-Governing
City.
Challenges |
- In the early month of outbreak, citizen was curious about the virus spread and
having
difficulty to find a mask.
- It was lack of supply caused a shortage of demand.
- The government only encouraged confusion by people to use the KF-94 mask,
saying, "You can
use the cotton mask".
- The economy is plummeting and stores and department stores have become
noticeably quiet.
- Self-isolation has not been adequately managed or identified as the source of
infection.
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Strategy |
- Banning the export of facemasks overseas and procuring 80 percent of its
production as a
public sales outlet.
- With the situation getting severe, the government has upgraded its infectious
disease crisis
alert level to a "serious" level since April 23, 2020.
- There has also been a "drive-through" that allows people to get inspected
without getting
off the car.
- Schools are not opened yet since the opening of schools nationwide postponed at
the end of
February.
- Quarantine and economic revitalization measures are applied such as
strengthening social
distancing.
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Lesson |
- The Corona-19 response from the Daejeon city government is relatively
successful.
- The disclosure of information on the occurrence of confirmed cases and their
movements was
made transparent.
- There have been several trials and errors over the scope and timing of the
route's
disclosure, but citizens' anxiety over the Corona-19 was reduced.
- It was also quick to inform the current situation through regular briefings and
spread the
situation through disaster text messages.
- It was also time to support vulnerable people's masks caused by the mask
purchasing chaos.
- The investigation into the Sincheonji church area and quarantine of collective
facilities
such as churches and call centers also carried out continuously.
- As the number of confirmed cases did not increase rapidly like Daegu and North
Gyeongsang
Province, a relatively self-isolation response was possible.
- However, the authority to communicate with local governments and agencies and
respond to
infectious diseases remains to desire.
- Due to the lack of information sharing with other local governments, it has been
belatedly
disclosed or not recognized related facts.
- In some cases, selfisolation has not been adequately managed or identified as
the source of
infection.
- In particular, it was an opportunity to feel the need for Daejeon Medical Center
once again.
- However, Daejeon should take the lead in overcoming quarantine and economic
revitalization
measures such as strengthening social distance.
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