Gimcheon City Health Center Suspends Physical Therapy and Health Promotion Services... "Focusing on COVID-19 Prevention"

Kimcheon Public Health Center staff are conducting COVID-19 tests on 17,734 contacts and others./Provided by Kimcheon Public Health Center

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk announced on the 16th that it will temporarily suspend some services, including Korean medicine, dental treatment, physical therapy room, and health promotion office operations, excluding general medical treatment and respiratory clinics, until the 31st.

This measure is a decision following the government's directive to focus the public health center's quarantine capacity and administrative power on responding to COVID-19.

The public health center will continue to issue certificates and health examination results for which tests have been completed as before, to minimize inconvenience to citizens caused by the suspension of some services. However, vaccinations are only available at the Central Health Branch. The 14 health branches in towns and townships and 16 health clinics will operate normally.

In Gimcheon City, 41 confirmed COVID-19 cases have occurred from the 19th of last month to the 15th of this month, including 3 overseas entrants.

Kim Dae-gyun, head of the public health center, said, "We have inevitably suspended some services to focus on COVID-19," and urged, "Since small-scale group infections are occurring nationwide, please refrain from visiting other regions and strictly follow personal hygiene rules."

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