13,629 Tests Conducted Yesterday at Temporary Screening Centers in the Seoul Metropolitan Area... 19 Confirmed Cases
Citizens are undergoing diagnostic tests at a temporary screening clinic set up in the parking lot of the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site in Gangdong-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] On the 15th, the second day of operation of the temporary screening clinics for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) set up in the Seoul metropolitan area, 19 confirmed cases were identified through a total of about 13,000 anonymous diagnostic tests.
According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 16th, from the previous day morning until 6 p.m., a total of 13,629 anonymous tests were conducted at temporary screening clinics in the metropolitan area including Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, among which 19 cases tested positive. Confirmed cases included 17 in Seoul and 2 in Gyeonggi.
As of 6 p.m. the previous day, there were a total of 73 temporary screening clinics open: 35 in Seoul, 36 in Gyeonggi, and 2 in Incheon. On the first day, 4,973 diagnostic tests were conducted at 30 locations, and 43 additional locations were added the following day.
On the previous day alone, the most common test was the nasopharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test using specimens collected from inside the nose, with 12,356 cases (Seoul 7,759; Gyeonggi 4,269; Incheon 328). Saliva specimen PCR tests numbered 819 (Seoul 485; Gyeonggi 334), and rapid antigen tests, which can yield results in as little as 30 minutes, totaled 454 (Seoul 92; Gyeonggi 362). If a rapid antigen test is positive, a secondary nasopharyngeal PCR test is conducted, but no one underwent this secondary test.
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The government decided to sequentially install about 150 temporary screening clinics in the metropolitan area starting from the 14th and to conduct intensive testing for three weeks until January 3 of next year to detect asymptomatic infections early and prevent the spread of the third wave. Anyone can receive free anonymous testing regardless of suspected symptoms or epidemiological links to confirmed cases if they wish.
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