Daegu City Implements High-Intensity Measures Exceeding Government Standards for Novel Coronavirus Response

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Daegu City has decided to strengthen its response to the novel coronavirus infection (Wuhan pneumonia).

On the 10th, Daegu City announced that it will recommend self-quarantine even if the test results for suspected novel coronavirus cases come back negative.

Currently, there are 61 suspected novel coronavirus cases reported in the Daegu area. As the transmission speed of the novel coronavirus is rapid and the number of suspected cases increases daily, the city aims to raise the response level beyond the government’s set standards to block the virus from entering at the source.

Currently, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines require only close contacts of confirmed cases to self-quarantine until the incubation period passes, and those who test negative in diagnostic tests are released from quarantine.

However, Daegu City plans to recommend self-quarantine without releasing individuals who, after visiting China, have undergone diagnostic tests due to fever or respiratory symptoms and received negative results, and to designate dedicated managers to monitor them during the incubation period, which can be up to 14 days from the day of exposure to risk.

Daegu City plans to provide living support funds from city finances equivalent to the government’s standard (1.23 million KRW for a family of four) to those who comply with the self-quarantine recommendation voluntarily.

Kim Jae-dong, Director of the Daegu City Health and Welfare Bureau, said, "In cases where contacts cannot be identified during the movement paths of confirmed patients, for example, in places frequented by unspecified many people, we plan to promptly, accurately, and transparently disclose the confirmed patients’ movement paths so that people who were in the same time and space can be informed."

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