Gyeonggi-do Launches 'COVID-19 Quarantine Support Team' with 130 Members

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province launched the 'COVID-19 Response Quarantine Support Team' on the 11th to strongly respond to the prevention of COVID-19 cluster infections.

This measure was taken based on the judgment that on-site response is necessary for rapid and reliable quarantine activities amid the recent spread of cluster infections due to Shincheonji followers and others not complying with quarantine measures such as self-isolation.

The Quarantine Support Team is composed of 125 members from 8 teams and 11 investigation centers of the Provincial Special Judicial Police, along with 5 experts in medical, quarantine, and legal fields. It will operate with the cooperation of the Gyeonggi Southern and Northern Provincial Police Agencies and 43 police stations until the crisis situation ends.

The head of the Civil Affairs Special Judicial Police serves as the support team leader, and each investigation team leader takes charge of the on-site response team. They seek effective quarantine support through advice from experts such as professors in medical and health fields and lawyers.

Additionally, a hotline will be established with the police to enable organic cooperation during emergencies.

The Quarantine Support Team will immediately report to the police in cooperation with the Special Judicial Police Investigation Centers and city/county public health centers if suspected patients who may be infected refuse or obstruct quarantine measures such as testing or self-isolation, or fail to comply with temporary closure and entry bans, or restrictions and prohibitions on group events.

In particular, they will focus on inspecting self-quarantine activities at multi-use facilities (adult game rooms, PC rooms, karaoke rooms, study rooms, etc.) and workplaces (call centers, etc.) that are inevitably operating, guiding them to voluntarily comply with disinfection and prevention rules.

Furthermore, they plan to support more effective work performance by listening to difficulties and suggestions regarding quarantine activities at frontline sites such as city and county public health centers.

Inchi Kwon, head of the Provincial Civil Affairs Special Judicial Police, emphasized, "We will strongly respond together with the police if quarantine measures are not followed by people or places suspected of infection." He added, "For preventing secondary and tertiary infections, preemptive quarantine measures at multi-use facilities and workplaces are important, so we will conduct focused inspections in cooperation with related departments and promote voluntary quarantine activities by business owners."

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