Pohang City Deploys 20 Rapid Mobile COVID-19 Testing Teams... "Proactive Expansion of Testing"

Mayor Lee Gang-deok Announces Measures to Strengthen 'Healthcare System and Quarantine Response'
Formation of Emergency Medical Support Team, Operation of 'Key Drive-Thru'
225 Additional Beds Secured... Temporary Screening Clinic in Front of KTX Sta

Mayor Lee Kang-deok announcing measures to strengthen the medical system and quarantine response for rapid specimen testing on the 21st.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] As local n-th generation infections continue in the Pohang area, Mayor Lee Kang-deok announced on the 21st that a Rapid Mobile Testing Team (20 teams) will be operated to expand proactive preliminary testing.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok held an emergency press conference on the day amid the year-end and New Year COVID-19 pandemic crisis and presented measures to strengthen the 'medical system and quarantine response' to prevent local spread.

First, an emergency medical support team composed of nurses, clinical pathologists, and nursing assistants will be deployed to operate the Rapid Mobile Testing Teams and strengthen management of quarantine blind spots.

With these medical support teams at the forefront, a 'Pohang Buk-gu Base Drive-Through' will be established at Yangdeok Hanmaeum Gymnasium within this week, and starting from the 22nd, a temporary screening clinic will be operated in front of Pohang KTX Station to conduct proactive testing immediately.

In response to the continuous increase in local confirmed cases, an additional 225 hospital beds have been secured. By hospital, there are 183 beds at Pohang Medical Center (reoperated as an infectious disease dedicated hospital), 28 beds at Pohang St. Mary's Hospital, 12 beds at Pohang Semyung Christian Hospital, and 2 beds at Pohang Joeun Seonrin Hospital.

From the 21st until January 3rd of next year, all daycare centers vulnerable to COVID-19 within the jurisdiction will be closed. The cycle of proactive testing for nursing hospitals and nursing homes will be shortened from 4 weeks to 2 weeks, and inspections and management of workers and facilities will be further strengthened.

Additionally, from the 22nd until further notice, an administrative order banning gatherings of street vendors at traditional markets and 5-day markets will be enforced, and from the 21st to the 24th, special joint inspections of crowded multi-use facilities (entertainment venues, wedding halls, restaurants and cafes, PC rooms, etc.) will be conducted as part of the year-end and New Year special quarantine measures.

The mayor appealed, "People should refrain as much as possible from traveling to the metropolitan area and other regions where many confirmed cases occur, and minimize contact between people at year-end events, family gatherings, or sunrise events."

Meanwhile, as of 7 p.m. on the 22nd in Pohang, with 2 additional confirmed cases compared to the previous day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the region has increased to 183.

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