Seongnam Bundang-gu Health Center with Confirmed Cases Closed on 19th... Screening Clinic Also Suspended (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporter Koh Hyung-kwang] The Bundang-gu Public Health Center in Seongnam, where a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was reported, has been temporarily closed.

Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 18th that one team leader at the Bundang-gu Public Health Center tested positive for COVID-19.

The city explained that the team leader had not come to the health center since June 6, when they started dispatched work at the situation room immediate response team set up at Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, where a cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred.

The health authorities are currently tracing the movements and contacts of this team leader. In particular, they are checking whether there are any close contacts among the employees of the Bundang-gu Public Health Center.

Accordingly, the Bundang-gu Public Health Center will be closed for one day on the 19th to identify available staff. The screening clinic established at the Bundang-gu Public Health Center will also be temporarily closed.

Residents are being encouraged to use the Sujeong-gu Public Health Center and Jungwon-gu Public Health Center, and the decision on reopening the screening clinic will be made in consultation with epidemiologists.

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