Mokpo Mayor Kim Jong-sik Checks Preparedness Against Novel Coronavirus Infection

Emergency Quarantine Task Force and Epidemiological Investigation Team Operating 24 Hours
Screening Clinics Operating at 6 Hospitals

Mayor Kim Jong-sik is visiting the Mokpo Hanguk Hospital screening clinic to check the preparedness for Wuhan pneumonia. (Photo by Mokpo City)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Hyeong-seok] Mokpo City announced on the 31st that Mayor Kim Jong-sik visited the screening clinic at Mokpo Hanguk Hospital and the city health center on the 29th to check the preparedness and strongly ordered to mobilize all administrative power to block the inflow of infectious diseases.

The city has established a hotline with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Jeollanam-do Province, and medical institutions to conduct comprehensive surveillance of the local community. At the same time, the emergency quarantine task force and the epidemiological investigation team, which can immediately respond to suspected patient reports, are operating 24 hours a day.

Meanwhile, screening clinics have been set up at six hospitals in Mokpo: Hanguk, Gidok, Jungang, Sean, City Medical Center, and Jeonnam Jungang.

If you have suspected symptoms such as fever or cough, you must report to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (1339) or the Mokpo City Health Center.

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