Seoul Gangseo-gu Expands Dedicated Team for COVID-19 Infectious Disease Management

Establishment of Infectious Disease Response Team for Rapid and Efficient Infectious Disease Management

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Gangseo-gu, Seoul (Mayor Noh Hyun-song) has separated and expanded the existing Infectious Disease Management Team within the public health center to establish a dedicated Infectious Disease Response Team.

This move aims to establish a continuous and efficient infectious disease response system amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

Until now, the public health center's Infectious Disease Management Team has been handling COVID-19 response tasks alongside statutory infectious disease management and quarantine projects.

However, as the COVID-19 situation prolonged and a large number of confirmed cases recently surged mainly in the metropolitan area, the workload related to these tasks skyrocketed, prompting the district to reorganize the team for swift response and stable, efficient task execution.

Accordingly, the Health Administration Division of the public health center, which oversees infectious disease management, has added the Infectious Disease Response Team to the existing five teams, expanding to a total of six teams.

In particular, the newly established Infectious Disease Response Team consists of a total of eight specialized personnel: four public health officers, three nurses, and one doctor.

Going forward, the Infectious Disease Response Team, which consolidates infectious disease response capabilities, will be responsible for responding to new infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and conducting epidemiological investigations, while the existing Infectious Disease Management Team will focus on infectious disease prevention and management tasks such as disinfection projects.

Through this partial organizational restructuring, the district plans to establish a proactive infectious disease management and rapid response system and expand dedicated infectious disease management personnel to prepare for the spread of new infectious diseases alongside COVID-19.

Mayor Noh Hyun-song said, “With the expansion of this dedicated infectious disease organization, systematic and swift responses related to COVID-19, such as epidemiological investigations, contact tracing, and disinfection projects, are expected to be further strengthened,” and added, “We will continue to prioritize the safety of residents and mobilize all administrative resources to do our best to overcome COVID-19.”

Inquiries can be made to the Health Administration Division of Gangseo-gu Public Health Center.

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