Gwangju Seo-gu Conducts Mass Testing at COVID-19 High-Risk Facilities

By the 28th of next month for elderly care and psychiatric medical institutions, etc.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Seo Daeseok) announced on the 9th that it will conduct a 'COVID-19 mass testing' for workers and users of high-risk facilities such as elderly nursing and psychiatric medical institutions (facilities) until the 28th of next month.

This mass testing was promoted to protect the safety of high-risk groups vulnerable to infection, following recent cluster infection cases at high-risk group facilities such as nursing hospitals and the occurrence of confirmed cases from proactive testing of infection-vulnerable facilities such as nursing hospitals in the metropolitan area.

The testing targets include 12 nursing hospitals and psychiatric medical institutions with 1,121 people, and 34 elderly nursing facilities with 1,135 people, totaling 46 facilities and 2,256 people.

The testing will be conducted by deploying 36 personnel in 7 teams, dividing tasks such as specimen collection, disinfection, specimen transport, and administrative support by team. Tests will be requested from the Health and Environment Research Institute and entrusted institutions.

Meanwhile, a mass survey was completed on the 29th and 30th of last month targeting 1,121 people at 12 nursing hospitals and psychiatric medical institutions, and all tested negative.

A health center official said, "Proactive COVID-19 testing for high-risk facilities is the best way to block cluster infections," and added, "We will do our best to prevent cluster infections by ensuring that all targeted individuals are tested without fail."

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