Jinju City Implements Comprehensive COVID-19 Testing for Childcare Center Staff

Childcare Staff Required to Undergo COVID-19 Testing Once a Month Starting April

COVID-19 Screening Clinic Site [Image Source=Jinju City]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 1st that it will set up a screening clinic at Jinju Sports Complex for three days starting from the 1st to conduct proactive COVID-19 testing for 2,443 childcare staff members across 244 daycare centers.

The city will operate the screening clinic until the weekend, April 3rd, to minimize childcare service gaps.

This measure follows the Central Disease Control Headquarters' plan to strengthen infection control in daycare centers. Nationwide daily COVID-19 cases remain between 300 and 400 without decreasing, and cluster infections have occurred in daycare centers in some areas such as the metropolitan area, prompting proactive infection prevention.

The city will conduct monthly proactive testing for all daycare childcare staff to protect children and staff from infection through thorough infection control and to provide stable care.

A city official urged, “Childcare staff should strictly follow quarantine rules such as minimizing contact with outsiders and refraining from private gatherings, and daycare centers should promptly respond according to quarantine guidelines when confirmed cases or contacts occur.”

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