Suwon Citizen Autonomous University Hosts Second COVID-19 Online Special Lecture

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Seo Dong-young] The Suwon Citizen Autonomous University, affiliated with the Suwon Research Institute, held the second COVID-19 online special lecture on the 24th via YouTube with Seo Myeong-ok, former director of the Gangnam-gu Health Center, as the guest speaker.

Former Director Seo has experience in on-site response as the director of the Gangnam-gu Health Center during the 2015 MERS outbreak. He also contributed to medical support efforts in Daegu during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

In his lecture, former Director Seo explained that the infectious disease quarantine system was reorganized after the trial and error experience from the MERS on-site response, and this helped with on-site response during the COVID-19 situation.

He emphasized the importance of local governments' proactive on-site response scenarios and the establishment of a control tower to prepare for periodically occurring infectious diseases.

Meanwhile, the "Suwon Citizen Autonomous University COVID-19 Online Special Lecture," organized to share information about COVID-19, will consist of a total of four sessions, all conducted through YouTube.

The next speaker will be Professor Jung Hyung-seon from the Department of Health Administration at Yonsei University, and the lecture will be held as a live broadcast on May 14 at 2 p.m. through the Suwon Citizen Autonomous University YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbkWFz6VEksg2IyaQC8qNfA).