Sancheong-gun, COVID-19 Mass Testing for High-Risk Facility Workers "All Negative"

Operation of 2 TF Teams... Preemptive Blocking of Infection Spread Targeting 614 People in 14 Locations

Sancheong-gun is conducting COVID-19 testing for workers at high-risk facilities. (Photo by Sancheong-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 23rd, the Sancheong County Health and Medical Center in Gyeongnam announced that all users and workers of high-risk facilities vulnerable to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) tested negative after a complete survey.

This full survey was conducted in consideration of the recent nationwide continuous cluster infections of COVID-19 in nursing hospitals.

The county health and medical center conducted a two-week mass testing targeting 614 people at 14 high-risk facilities, including nursing hospitals and facility workers.

The medical center formed two TF teams for the full inspection, consisting of doctors and nurses, who conducted on-site specimen collection and then requested testing from the Gyeongnam Institute of Health and Environment.

A county official stated, "In the case of high-risk facilities such as nursing hospitals, the scale of infection can increase if a COVID-19 case occurs, and elderly and patients with mobility difficulties are at high risk of condition deterioration. We must detect asymptomatic infections early to fundamentally block community transmission.”

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