Yangsan City Conducts Preliminary Testing for Users of Facilities Related to IM Mission Society

Kim Il-gwon, Mayor of Yangsan, Holds Emergency Briefing on 28th to Explain Progress
Proactive Testing Conducted for 62 Church Members Visiting a Church in Yangsan Area

Kim Il-gwon, Mayor of Yangsan City, Gyeongnam, is explaining the implementation of proactive testing and the progress of measures for users of facilities related to IM Mission. (Photo by Yangsan City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Amid the recent nationwide surge in confirmed cases related to the IM Missionary Association, Yangsan City in Gyeongnam is conducting proactive testing on 62 members of a local church who had used related facilities.

Mayor Kim Il-kwon explained the implementation and progress of proactive testing for users of IM Missionary Association-related facilities during an emergency briefing on the 28th.

The church in question does not operate a dormitory-type international school like those in Gwangju and Daejeon, so it was excluded from the priority management facility proactive testing targets.

However, the church members were participating in international schools in other regions, and there was interaction such as the church’s senior pastor visiting Gwangju TCS International School and a confirmed teacher from Daejeon IM International School visiting the church.

Considering this, it was decided to test all 62 church members who had entered the church within the past month.

Test results showed that in the first round, 36 people were tested with 6 positive and 30 negative; in the second round, 22 people were tested with all negative results; and a third round of testing will be conducted today on the remaining 4 individuals.

Mayor Kim said, “This proactive testing aims to preemptively block the spread of cluster infections within the region by early detection and isolation of confirmed cases, thereby preventing chain infections locally,” adding, “Yangsan City will continue to take immediate proactive measures to cut off risk factors at an early stage whenever there is even a slight suspicion.”

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