Mayor Kang Young-seok of Sangju City is seen visiting the temporary screening clinic at Wangsang Historical Park on the 9th to check the situation.

Mayor Kang Young-seok of Sangju City is seen visiting the temporary screening clinic at Wangsang Historical Park on the 9th to check the situation.

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Sangju City, Gyeongbuk, installed a temporary screening clinic for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at Wangsang History Park on the 9th, allowing any citizen to get tested for free.


The temporary screening clinic at Wangsang History Park operates daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Mayor Kang Young-seok visited Wangsang History Park, which opened on this day, carefully inspected the screening operation and site, and encouraged the medical staff struggling in the severe cold. He then visited religious facilities in the area, recommending that various religious activities be switched to non-face-to-face (online) formats and urged everyone to work together to prevent COVID-19.


Mayor Kang emphasized, "Although everyone is physically and mentally exhausted due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, citizens should refrain from gatherings, comply with the ban on assemblies of five or more people, and strictly follow personal quarantine rules when going out inevitably."



Meanwhile, at the BTJ Yeolbam Center, a Christian missionary organization located in the Sangju area, a total of 505 people nationwide have been infected since the first confirmed case appeared in early December.


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