Ganghwa County Shifts Quarantine Strategy to "Social Distancing in Daily Life"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced on the 7th that it is shifting its quarantine strategy to "social distancing in daily life," which balances regional social and economic activities with COVID-19 prevention and containment measures, and urged residents to continue adhering to personal quarantine protocols.

With the implementation of "social distancing in daily life," individuals must follow five basic personal hygiene rules and four supplementary rules for personal quarantine, and groups must follow collective basic rules and 31 type-specific detailed guidelines for collective quarantine.

First, the five basic personal quarantine rules are: ▲Stay home for 3-4 days if sick ▲Maintain a healthy distance of arm's length between people ▲Wash hands for 30 seconds and cover coughs with sleeve ▲Ventilate at least twice daily and conduct regular disinfection ▲Though distance may grow, keep hearts close.

Additionally, for elderly people aged 65 and above and high-risk groups, it is important to observe: ▲Not forgetting to take chronic disease medications ▲Staying home ▲Contacting local health centers when ill and visiting screening clinics ▲Avoiding crowded and enclosed spaces where 2-meter distancing is difficult when going out ▲Maintaining frequent contact with family and close people.

For collective quarantine, five basic rules must be observed: ▲Communities working together ▲Designating a quarantine manager within the community ▲Establishing and adhering to community quarantine guidelines ▲Quarantine managers actively fulfilling their roles ▲Communities actively cooperating with quarantine managers.

County Chief Yu Cheon-ho stated, "Social distancing in daily life does not mean the end of COVID-19," and added, "If silent transmission leads to cluster infections, serious situations could arise again."

He further emphasized, "I urge all residents to continuously and strictly adhere to infection prevention lifestyle rules and healthy social distancing guidelines according to the social distancing in daily life guidelines."