Guri-si Orders All High-Risk Facility Workers to Undergo Proactive COVID-19 Testing

Guri City Senior Nursing Home [Provided by Guri City]

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Workers at high-risk facilities within Guri-si, Gyeonggi Province must undergo regular proactive COVID-19 testing.

On the 22nd, Guri-si announced, "Until further notice, mandatory COVID-19 testing will be conducted weekly for workers at high-risk facilities at temporary screening centers," conveying the contents of the Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting for COVID-19 response.

This measure comes in response to the recent surge in cluster infections at vulnerable institutions and facilities, mainly in the metropolitan area, with all costs fully covered by the national treasury.

Accordingly, about 500 workers at 41 long-term care facilities and day and night care centers within Guri-si must visit the temporary screening centers set up and operated at the Guri-si Gymnasium and LH Guri Galmae Project Group to get tested. Elderly individuals using day and night care facilities can also receive testing.

Mayor Ahn Seung-nam of Guri-si emphasized, "Especially, elderly care facilities are high-risk facilities highly vulnerable to COVID-19, so strict compliance with quarantine rules for both users and workers is absolutely necessary."

Meanwhile, the city requested strengthening infection control within elderly care facilities by prohibiting contact visits, banning outings except for unavoidable cases such as hospital visits, controlling access, and practicing social distancing.

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