Lee Jae-myung's Proposal for 'Comprehensive Pneumonia Patient Survey' to Be Expanded Nationwide

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The 'COVID-19' testing for pneumonia patients proposed by Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung will be expanded nationwide.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 17th that the Central Disease Control Headquarters decided to conduct tests on all pneumonia patients hospitalized in domestic medical institutions to confirm the possibility of community transmission of COVID-19.

Since the 5th, under Governor Lee's directive, the province conducted a full survey of 300 hospital-level or higher medical institutions in the province to check for patients hospitalized with pneumonia.

Among 21,381 inpatients in 255 responding medical institutions, 873 (4.0%) were confirmed as pneumonia patients, and the province is continuing to investigate pneumonia patients in 45 medical institutions that have not responded or been identified.

On the 8th, Governor Lee Jae-myung proposed COVID-19 testing for pneumonia inpatients to Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, who visited the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office.

At that time, Governor Lee said, "We are conducting a full survey in Gyeonggi Province, and among those recently diagnosed with pneumonia, if doctors find suspicious cases, how about testing them?" He explained, "There have been cases confirmed through routes we did not know about, so even if it takes cost and time, if we conduct a full survey and testing based on doctors' judgment, we can prevent missing COVID-19 patients."

Governor Lee added, "I am very glad and pleased that the full survey of pneumonia patients, which Gyeonggi Province proposed and is implementing first, is being expanded nationwide. We will closely cooperate with the government and city and county governments to conduct thorough and prompt testing for all pneumonia patients in the province."

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