Pohang Quarantine Station Designated as 'COVID-19' Testing Center ... "Rapid Response for Emergency Testing"

Mayor Lee Gang-deok visiting Pohang Quarantine Station, taking a commemorative photo with Director Hwang Young-won and others.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the 31st, Pohang City in Gyeongbuk held a meeting with the National Pohang Quarantine Station to prepare for the second wave of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and agreed to conduct emergency testing at the quarantine station.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok and Hwang Young-won, head of the Pohang Quarantine Station, along with related officials including the heads of the Nam-gu and Buk-gu health centers, established a cooperation system and decided to strengthen the emergency response system for critical patients.

Until now, Pohang area had no specialized COVID-19 testing institution, causing great inconvenience in emergency testing as samples had to be sent twice daily to the Health and Environment Research Institute (Yeongcheon City) and a commissioned institution (Incheon City).

The National Pohang Quarantine Station was designated as a COVID-19 testing institution by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on July 14 and has established a COVID-19 testing system including centrifuges and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing. The Pohang Quarantine Station, which has conducted 24 emergency tests twice daily so far, plans to add a centrifuge (36 holes) and increase emergency testing to 60 cases.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, "We expect the Pohang Quarantine Station to play a significant role in blocking community infections in preparation for the second wave of COVID-19," and added, "We will devote all efforts to protecting the safety and health of citizens from infectious diseases."

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