Seoul Gangseo-gu, Complete Survey of Participants in the 8.15 Gwanghwamun Rally

Guidance on COVID-19 Testing Implementation and Claims for Compensation Involving 60 Public Officials Deployed

On the 22nd (Saturday), Gangseo-gu, Seoul, urgently deployed a total of 60 public officials to conduct a full survey of 315 participants of the August 15 Gwanghwamun rally. The photo shows the training session on survey methods and precautions before the full survey.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Noh Hyun-song) conducted a telephone survey of 315 participants of the August 15 Gwanghwamun rally at 10:30 a.m. on the 22nd in the district office's underground situation room.

Immediately after receiving the list of rally participants from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the district urgently deployed a total of 60 public officials to first verify identities and then check ▲ whether they visited the Gwanghwamun Square area on August 15 ▲ whether they underwent COVID-19 testing ▲ and whether they had fever or respiratory symptoms.

As a result of the first survey, contact was made with 251 out of 315 people. Among them, 227 had visited the Gwanghwamun area, and 24 had passed through by car or subway.

Among these, a total of 85 people were tested for COVID-19, with 1 positive case, 80 negative cases, and 4 awaiting test results or in the process of testing.

The district advised asymptomatic individuals to self-quarantine voluntarily for two weeks, and symptomatic individuals to immediately undergo COVID-19 testing. It also informed that if secondary infections occur due to delayed testing or refusal to test, the district will seek compensation claims.

Additionally, based on the first survey results, the district plans to take follow-up measures and proceed with a second survey targeting 64 people who could not be contacted and 166 people who have not yet been tested for COVID-19.

A representative of the investigation team urged, “Those who stayed in the Gwanghwamun Square area for more than 30 minutes on August 15 or attended the rally are requested to visit screening clinics and get tested as soon as possible for the safety of citizens.”

On the 22nd, investigators of attendees at the August 15 Gwanghwamun rally are conducting a full survey of 315 people who stayed around Gwanghwamun Square on August 15, in the underground situation room of Gangseo District Office.

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