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The paradigm shift of digital transformation is being accelerated due to the unprecedented turmoil brought on by COVID-19. People now use mobile banking apps instead of going to the bank and place orders using kiosks instead of cafe counters and restaurant waiters. Telecommuting and online classes are the new norm. Meanwhile, there are side effects...   Read more

Theresa May, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, visited Seoul City Hall on Thu, Sep. 17 to learn more about Seoul’s COVID-19 countermeasures and know-how. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) introduced its disease control and prevention measures to Theresa May based on the three principles of promptness, transparency and innovation, and held a 40-minute...   Read more

With Chuseok holiday just around the corner, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will be examining the safety of multi-use facilities, such as traditional markets and passenger terminals, of which the number of users is expected to surge, as well as facilities with vulnerable safety (levels D and E) by September 17. Targets of examination include a...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been operating the safety management solution project for vulnerable senior citizens through which IoT devices are installed in the houses of the elderly who live alone to provide untact care services. A total of 135 dangerous situations have been detected through the project and preemptive actions were taken. The project...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will be providing “Disaster Emergency Living Expenses” to non-Korean residents as well. Applications will be received online starting on Aug. 31 (Mon.). This decision was made after accepting the advice from the National Human Rights Commission of Korea that non-Korean residents who are suffering as much as Koreans due to COVID-19...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters announced that it will provide a total of eight used emergency vehicles to foreign countries for free-six to Cambodia and two to Kyrgyzstan. The Seoul Metropolitan Government provided 127 emergency vehicles to 11 countries up until last year. This year, it will send a total of eight fire...   Read more

As of 9 AM on Aug. 12, nine merchants of Namdaemun Market’s shopping district have been reported to be confirmed cases of COVID-19. On Aug. 10, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) established a makeshift screening clinic in the vicinity of Namdaemun Market to conduct tests on those who have been exposed to said confirmed cases....   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is temporarily easing the qualifications, such as the income and property standard and the reasons for crisis, in order for citizens in sudden crisis due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic to receive the support of the “Seoul-type Urgent Welfare.” The “Seoul-type Urgent Welfare” is the scheme to provide up to KRW...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has established and will be distributing detailed guidelines for the response and transport of suspected COVID-19 cases by 119 according to their types to related institutions. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters classified COVID-19 suspected cases into three types (▴ A-type patient, ▴ B-type patient, and ▴ C-type patient)....   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters is operating two more negative pressure ambulances to promptly respond to the infectious disease. ○ The negative pressure ambulance is an ambulance with negative pressure inside to prevent the virus from leaking out. When the paramedics are called out for a suspected COVID-19 case, they undergo a more...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters is operating two more negative pressure ambulances to promptly respond to the infectious disease. ○ The negative pressure ambulance is an ambulance with negative pressure inside to prevent the virus from leaking out. When the paramedics are called out for a suspected COVID-19 case, they undergo a more...   Read more

Seoul will be constructing its first “Public Rehabilitation Hospital for the Disabled,” which was selected as a policy after a citizen proposed the idea on Democracy Seoul (democracy.seoul.go.kr), backed by more than 1,000 other citizens. ○ The Public Rehabilitation Hospital for the Disabled provides lifetime medical service for patients, from disabled children to adults, and...   Read more