Youngtong District Opens Some Senior Community Centers as Heat Relief Shelters

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Youngtong District in Suwon announced on the 12th that it will selectively open some senior community centers and operate them as heat relief 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 educational sessions with the heads of each senior community center three times between August 8-10 for those operating as heat relief shelters.

The main educational content included ▲checking visitor mask wearing and hand sanitization ▲recording visitor logs (temperature checks) ▲indoor ventilation and disinfection ▲maintaining distance between users ▲prohibition of cooking and eating and other operational requirements for heat relief shelters.

Coordinating with the training period, pre-quarantine measures were completed through the health center, and on-site inspections were conducted to verify the presence of quarantine supplies and visitor logs.

Youngtong District Chief Song Young-wan stated, "I will carefully manage the operation situation so that elderly residents and those vulnerable to extreme heat, who are facing double hardship from prolonged COVID-19 and heat waves, can safely use the heat relief shelters."