Kim San, Muan County Governor, "Thank You for Active Testing Participation and Cooperation in Quarantine"

Proactive Testing Finds 12 Hidden COVID-19 Cases

Three Screening Centers Established Including Namaek Complex Community Center

(Center) Kim San, the governor of Muan County, is inspecting the on-site screening center at Namak Complex Community Center on the 20th. (Photo by Muan County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] The prompt and proactive quarantine measures taken by Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, are proving effective in blocking the silent spread of infectious diseases amid the COVID-19 crisis.

According to Muan-gun on the 23rd, proactive testing of residents in areas where confirmed cases occurred following a COVID-19 cluster infection originating from a church in Sinan-gun revealed hidden confirmed cases.

In particular, County Governor Kim San ordered rapid proactive testing on the 16th to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the local community.

Accordingly, since the 16th, efforts have been focused on expanding testing by setting up screening clinics at the F parking lot of Jeonnam Provincial Office and the Namak Complex Community Center, discovering 12 hidden confirmed cases and achieving results in preventing additional infections.

The county views the main cause of the infectious disease spread as the silent transmission by hidden confirmed cases and asymptomatic individuals, and conducted mass testing targeting residents of Haeje-myeon and apartment residents in Muan-eup since the 17th.

So far, a total of 32 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Muan-gun, of which 27 are local infections and 5 are imported cases.

Among the 32 confirmed cases, 19 occurred after the mid-February cluster infection originating from the Sinan church, showing that COVID-19 is rapidly spreading in the local community recently.

Of the 19 recently confirmed cases, 7 are related to the Sinan church cluster confirmed on the 16th, and 12 are hidden confirmed cases discovered through mass testing and operation of screening clinics.

The hidden confirmed cases were diagnosed between the 17th and 21st, and most were infected through transmission among family members.

Currently, the county is mobilizing all administrative resources to conduct epidemiological investigations to prevent further spread of COVID-19, and is implementing various quarantine measures such as operating voluntary disaster prevention teams, closing traditional markets, and guiding and inspecting private sports facilities.

County Governor Kim San said, “I would like to thank the residents who actively cooperated with quarantine and testing to protect their beloved families and neighbors,” and added, “The approximately 800 public officials will do their best together with the residents until COVID-19 is eradicated.”

Meanwhile, Muan-gun plans to continue high-intensity quarantine measures until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes.

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