Gwangju City to Conduct Comprehensive Testing of High-Risk Social Welfare Facilities and Hospitals Starting from the 7th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it will proactively conduct COVID-19 mass testing for residents and workers of high-risk social welfare facilities and medical institutions from the 7th to the 14th to prevent additional outbreaks of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 cluster infections.

The targets for this mass diagnostic testing include approximately 10,700 workers and 17,500 residents in nursing homes, long-term care hospitals, facilities for people with disabilities, mental health facilities, and closed wards of psychiatric hospitals within the jurisdiction.

The city will prioritize testing residents and workers of nursing homes, a high-risk facility group where confirmed cases have occurred, starting from the 7th, and will proceed with other high-risk social welfare facilities and hospitals from the 9th. To expedite testing, the pooling method will be utilized.

If positive cases are detected during the proactive testing process, the city will take measures according to the confirmed case response procedures and implement countermeasures such as epidemiological investigations and mass surveys of the affected groups and facilities.

Park Hyang, Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau, stated, “Through mass COVID-19 testing targeting high-risk groups and facilities, we will proactively identify undetected infected individuals such as asymptomatic and mild cases, alleviate citizens' anxiety, and do our best to prevent the spread within the local community.”

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