Jinju City Operates Temporary Screening Clinic at Nongae Market Public Parking Lot

Comprehensive Testing for Traditional Market Merchants from the 28th to the 29th

Jinju Mayor Cho Gyu-il (right) is encouraging nearby merchants at a temporary screening clinic. (Photo by Jinju City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 29th that it has set up a temporary screening clinic to conduct proactive mass diagnostic testing for about 2,000 merchants in the Jungang-dong traditional market, who are vulnerable to infection by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The temporary screening clinic was installed at the public parking lot of Nongae Market and operated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 28th and 29th, with 19 personnel deployed for testing and support.

This testing was smoothly conducted with the active cooperation of the merchant associations of Jungang Market, Nongae Market, and the Fruit and Vegetable Market.

Mayor Jo Gyu-il expressed, “I deeply thank the clinic staff and medical personnel working on the front lines of quarantine,” and added, “I hope the traditional market merchants, who are suffering from the dual hardships of economic downturn and infection anxiety, will stay strong.”

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