Gimcheon-si Resumes Operation of Dementia Safety Center... All Negative in Full Contact Survey of Confirmed Cases

Appearance of the screening clinic at Gimcheon City Public Health Center.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk announced on the 3rd that it has gradually resumed operations of the Dementia Safety Center, which had been temporarily closed due to COVID-19, starting from the 2nd.

At the Dementia Safety Center, after a trainee was confirmed positive for COVID-19, two rounds of comprehensive testing were conducted on staff and participants, all of whom tested negative.

Previously, two nursing students from Gimcheon University who had been working as trainees at the center from the 9th to the 18th of last month were confirmed positive on the 19th of the same month.

From the 2nd, Gimcheon City Dementia Safety Center has been operating normally, providing services such as dementia screening tests, registration of wandering detectors, wandering recognition tags, and pre-registered fingerprints, support services for dementia treatment management fees, and provision of care supplies.

Kim Chung-seop, Mayor of Gimcheon City, emphasized, "We will do our best to regularly disinfect and manage quarantine for staff and participants to prevent further confirmed cases and community spread."

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