Youngdeungpo-gu Opens Some Senior Welfare Centers as Heat Wave Shelters

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Youngdeungpo-gu in Suwon announced on the 12th that it will selectively open some senior welfare centers as heat wave shelters depending on COVID-19 developments and heat wave trends to protect elderly residents vulnerable to heat-related illnesses.

The district previously conducted customized one-on-one education sessions with the chairpersons of each senior welfare center over three days from the 8th to 10th of this month regarding the centers being operated as heat wave shelters.

The main educational content included ▲confirming visitors' mask-wearing and hand disinfection ▲recording visitor logs (temperature checks) ▲indoor ventilation and disinfection ▲maintaining distance between users ▲prohibition of cooking and dining, and other operational guidelines to be observed when running heat wave shelters.

In line with the education period, the health center completed advance quarantine measures and conducted on-site inspections to verify the presence of quarantine supplies and visitor logs.

Youngdeungpo-gu Chief Administrator Song Young-wan said, "We will carefully manage operations so that elderly residents and those vulnerable to extreme heat, who are facing a double burden from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and heat waves, can safely use the heat wave shelters."