All 328 Employees at Dongjak-gu Public Health Center Test Negative

All 328 Employees Tested Negative in Mass Screening... Health Centers and Screening Clinics Operating Normally
- Special Year-End and New Year Quarantine Measures Include ▲Churches ▲Restaurants and Other Multi-Use Facility Inspections

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Changwoo Lee) announced on the 24th that the health center resumed operations after all 328 people tested negative in a mass screening following a confirmed case among health center staff on the 23rd.

On the 23rd, following the confirmation of one health center staff member testing positive, the health center and screening clinic operations were ended early at 3 PM, and mass testing was conducted on 328 individuals.

On the morning of the 24th, test results showed that all tested staff and five cohabitants of the confirmed staff member were negative, and the health center and screening clinic resumed normal operations.

The health center screening clinic operates ▲weekdays from 9 AM to 9 PM ▲Saturdays and public holidays from 9 AM to 6 PM, and any resident can receive a COVID-19 test regardless of symptoms.

Besides the health center, the district operates three temporary screening clinics at ▲Sadang (Sadang Cultural Center) ▲Sindaebang (Community Sports Center) ▲Heukseok (Heukseok Sports Center).

Temporary screening clinic hours are ▲weekdays from 10 AM to 5 PM ▲Saturdays and Christmas from 10 AM to 3 PM.

Additionally, until January 3rd next year, the government’s ‘Year-end and New Year Special Quarantine Measures’ will be enforced with strengthened quarantine inspections.

To prevent cluster infections in religious facilities, quarantine inspections will be conducted on 64 churches over two days, the 24th and 25th. Under social distancing level 2.5, worship services, masses, and Buddhist ceremonies will be limited to 20 people or fewer and held online, with gatherings and meals prohibited.

For multi-use facilities such as restaurants, QR code checks and manual entry logs will be closely monitored. In particular, party rooms, which pose a high risk of COVID-19 infection as private gathering and party venues, will be subject to closure orders.

A representative of the Dongjak-gu Disaster Safety and Quarantine Headquarters stated, “To protect the lives and safety of residents from COVID-19, we will further strengthen quarantine measures at frontline health centers and public facilities such as the district office.” They added, “We earnestly ask residents to actively participate in preemptive testing at temporary screening clinics for the safety of their beloved family and neighbors, and especially during Christmas and the year-end and New Year period, to cancel or postpone all gatherings and travel and stay at home.”

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