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Gwangju City News Reprinted with permission from Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall Photographs courtesy of Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall
www.gwangjunewsgic.com
August 2020
MONTHLY NEWS
Mayor Lee Briefs Gwangju on COVID-19
Due to the new spike in COVID-19 cases, Gwangju City Hall has been holding briefings almost daily to inform citizens about the situation and to reinforce social-distancing guidelines. The following is an important briefing made by Mayor Lee Yong Sup on July 19. — Ed.
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Should citizens fail to comply with quarantine rules, it would lead to uncontrollable consequences. Strict punishment will be implemented for deliberate hiding of information or deviance from rules.
wangju Mayor Lee Yong Sup addressed the citizens appealing for their strict adherence to disease prevention policies stating that Gwangju City is still a hot spot for new infections, citing that one patient who came from Seoul has infected at least another 11 persons.
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Lee added that the number of confirmed cases has continued to increase, and countless citizens are suffering damages because one insensitive person visited Gwangju after coming in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient but covered-up the trip after she also tested positive a few days later. As a result, 600 people
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