Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop Conducts On-site Inspection of Temporary Screening Clinic at City Hall Plaza

On the afternoon of the 27th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, visited the temporary COVID-19 screening clinic set up at the outdoor music hall plaza of the city hall to encourage medical staff and citizens, and then checked the operational status. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] On the 27th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, visited the temporary screening clinic at the City Hall Plaza and Gwangju Ilgok Hospital in succession to inspect the on-site COVID-19 response situation and encourage the medical staff.

First, Mayor Lee visited the temporary screening clinic at City Hall Plaza, which began operation from the afternoon of the day, to carefully check the situation on the first day of operation.

The mayor encouraged the medical staff who are working tirelessly on the front lines of COVID-19 response without holidays, saying, "As citizens' anxiety about COVID-19 increases, the number of people seeking tests is rising," and instructed related officials to devise various measures such as increasing testing personnel to promptly respond to the demand for tests so that citizen inconvenience and anxiety can be minimized.

Next, Mayor Lee visited Gwangju Ilgok Hospital, which strictly adhered to COVID-19 quarantine rules to block further spread, to express gratitude and encourage the medical staff.

Gwangju Ilgok Hospital had a confirmed COVID-19 patient number 777 in Gwangju visit twice for treatment, coming into contact with many medical staff in the consultation room, blood collection room, and X-ray room. However, through strict compliance with quarantine rules such as medical staff wearing face shields, masks, and gloves, hand sanitization before and after procedures, disposal of disposable medical supplies, and disinfection when using medical equipment, further spread of COVID-19 was prevented.

Meanwhile, the temporary screening clinic at City Hall Plaza, which began operation from 1 p.m. on the day, operates daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., including Saturdays and Sundays.

The temporary screening clinic, which conducts nasopharyngeal swab PCR tests, operates anonymous testing by collecting only mobile phone numbers, and everyone, including asymptomatic individuals, can receive the test free of charge. Results are notified via text message the next day, and confirmed positive cases are immediately isolated and simultaneously subjected to epidemiological investigation.

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