Juyuil Cho, Mayor of Jinju, Visits Screening Clinic to Express Gratitude to Medical Staff from Other Cities and Counties

Sangdae-dong and Hadae-dong Screening Clinics Fully Committed to Proactive COVID-19 Testing

Mayor Jo Gyu-il of Jinju City is encouraging related public officials visiting the screening clinic.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the afternoon of the 25th, Jinju Mayor Cho Gyu-il visited the temporary screening clinics set up at Sangdae-dong Administrative Welfare Center and Hadae-dong Korea Polytechnic University, which were established for COVID-19, to encourage the related officials and comfort the citizens who came to the screening clinics for proactive testing.

The city installed a temporary screening clinic at Sangdae-dong Administrative Welfare Center starting from the 15th to find hidden confirmed cases near the sauna area where a COVID-19 cluster infection occurred. Additionally, from the 23rd, an administrative order was issued requiring at least one person per household in Sangdae-dong to undergo COVID-19 diagnostic testing.

From the 20th, a screening clinic was also set up at Hadae-dong Korea Polytechnic University, encouraging residents of Hadae-dong to have at least one person per household undergo diagnostic testing.

At the Sangdae-dong Administrative Welfare Center, 5,600 residents had been tested by the 24th, with 24 confirmed cases identified among them.

Among the confirmed cases, five were residents of apartments near the cluster infection facility, and ten were residents of Sangdae-dong, resulting in the identification of infections in a total of 15 Sangdae-dong residents.

Also, at the temporary screening clinic at Hadae-dong Korea Polytechnic University, 2,114 people were tested, and four confirmed cases were identified.

Due to the increasing number of tests daily and a shortage of personnel, additional staff are being deployed daily from the city hall, and health care personnel have been dispatched from nearby cities and counties. Three doctors and three nurses from Sacheon and Sancheong, and three nurses from Uiryeong are supporting free proactive testing for citizens at the Hadae-dong screening clinic.

Mayor Cho, who visited the screening clinics in Sangdae-dong and Hadae-dong on this day, said, “To break the chain of COVID-19 infections occurring daily as soon as possible, the cooperation of citizens is essential above all,” urging residents to participate in proactive COVID-19 testing. He also expressed sincere gratitude to the medical staff from Sacheon, Sancheong, and Uiryeong who willingly contributed to blocking the spread of COVID-19 in Jinju.

Meanwhile, the city plans to continue operating the temporary screening clinics in Sangdae-dong and Hadae-dong until the 28th.

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