Yeosu city (mayor Kwon Oh-bong) has called on all citizens to join the “Emergency Stop Week” lasting to May 23 to overcome the severe crisis situation related to Covid-19.


In order to bring citywide publicity to non-face-to-face practice, the city has posted placards for all residents' participation in the 'Emergency Stop Week, which calls for refraining from private meetings, events and outside activities and is carrying out campaigns and quarantine activities.

In particular, small-scale promotional campaigns will be conducted by the 23rd, centering on the Headquarters for Seomseom Yeosu's Three Major Citizen Campaigns into the World which involves twenty-seven islands. Quarantine is provided in seven-hundred multi-meeting places such as bus stops, markets, neighborhood sports facilities, village halls, and senior citizen centers.

A city official said, “Setting the “Emergency Stop Week for Yeosu Residents” until May 23, the residents and the city government will work together to build an active quarantine system for the civil society to overcome this crisis.” The official added, "All residents, agencies, organizations, and companies at all levels are called upon to stop private meetings and events in join the emergency stop.“

In Yeosu, it started with infections from entertainment establishments on May 2, and infections in daily life as at long-term care hospitals and massage businesses and among family members continued, resulting in 106 confirmed cases for 18 days. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 185.

The city has conducted 41,000 specimen tests since May 2, and 751 people are currently in self-isolation.