Delivery and Call Center Workers, Heading for Testing Now

Seoul City, Mobile Screening Clinics
Proactive Testing for Mobility-Impaired Disabled Persons

On the 24th, employees of related companies are undergoing diagnostic tests at a temporary screening clinic for logistics center workers set up in front of the Seoul Complex Logistics Complex in Jangji-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a 'mobile screening clinic' targeting high-risk groups for COVID-19, such as delivery workers and call center employees.

The first operation began on the 23rd at the Seoul Complex Logistics Center located in Jangji-dong, Songpa-gu, where about 8,000 logistics workers are employed. On the same day, mobile screening clinics were also set up in front of Eunpyeong Rehabilitation Center in Gusan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, and the 120 Dasan Call Center in Sinseol-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, completing tests for about 500 residents and workers.

On the 24th, mobile screening clinics were opened at Marronnier Park in Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu, and the Seoul Metro Line 9 garage in Gaehwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, providing proactive testing for disabled individuals with mobility difficulties and public transportation workers, respectively. Going forward, mobile screening clinics will continue to operate targeting workers at nursing facilities, religious facilities, city buses, and daycare centers.

Seojung-hyeop, Acting Mayor of Seoul, visited the Seoul Complex Logistics Center site on the day to inspect the operation status and plans to meet with representatives from logistics companies such as Coupang, Market Kurly, and Lotte Delivery, as well as taxi and bus companies, urging active cooperation with the proactive testing policy.

Additionally, Seoul City is working with major universities in Seoul to convert dormitories into residential treatment centers for asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 patients. Korea University has started operating 150 rooms in the foreign student dormitory on the Anam Campus as residential treatment center beds, and the University of Seoul has relocated about 270 dormitory students to nearby hotels and other accommodations and begun construction.

Yonsei University is also offering a dormitory with 172 rooms, and Kyung Hee University plans to provide 213 rooms as residential treatment centers. Seoul National University is currently in discussions with the city about providing the faculty hall building instead of dormitories.

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