Naju-si Conducts COVID-19 Prevention Quarantine Inspections for Foreign Residents

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 20th that it has launched a large-scale quarantine inspection and status survey in cooperation with the Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center to prevent COVID-19 infection among foreigners staying in the area.

The city began inspections and surveys on the 18th for 2,787 registered foreigners and 106 workplaces employing foreigners (459 foreign workers), and plans to conduct them over eight days until the 26th.

This inspection and survey were prepared to preemptively block COVID-19 cluster infections originating from migrant workers from Singapore.

In particular, through public-private cooperation, the focus is on guiding undocumented foreigners in quarantine blind spots into the health quarantine network rather than on detection and crackdown, concentrating on inspecting quarantine conditions in areas densely populated or vulnerable with foreigners and supporting quarantine supplies.

The city divided 20 eup, myeon, and dong districts and agricultural and industrial complexes into seven zones, operating investigation teams composed of marriage migrant women and staff from the Multicultural Family Support Center to conduct face-to-face surveys and provide testing guidance for foreigners.

They also visit one-room building areas where foreigners live collectively, foreign grocery stores, and workplaces employing foreigners to provide quarantine supplies such as hand sanitizers and masks.

The foreigner status survey is conducted on the principle of confidentiality of personal information, investigating basic information such as nationality, gender, age group, residential area, and occupation, as well as items including ▲whether they have obtained information on free COVID-19 testing ▲testing experience ▲self-prevention measures against COVID-19 ▲and the necessity of disinfecting the residential area.

The investigation team is also working hard to provide COVID-19 quarantine policy guidance translated into 11 languages so that those with suspected symptoms such as fever and cough can receive diagnostic tests through public health centers.

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “This inspection and survey temporarily suspends the crackdown on undocumented foreigners according to the Ministry of Justice’s policy, and even if crackdowns resume later, medical records will not be used,” adding, “Regardless of residency status, anyone with fever symptoms must receive free diagnostic testing through public health center screening clinics.”

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