Yeonggwang-gun to Conduct 'Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Tests' Until the 31st

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Governor Kim Junsung) announced on the 25th that it will conduct 'Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Tests' for preemptive response to COVID-19 targeting all employees of 11 eup/myeon offices and about 500 village chiefs by the 31st.

In response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cluster infections in the Jeonnam region and confirmed cases among public officials in neighboring areas, which led to temporary closures of myeon offices and self-quarantine of employees, the county is making every effort to block local spread by conducting rapid antigen diagnostic tests.

This rapid antigen diagnostic test will be conducted by a mobile specimen collection team formed by the Infectious Disease Response Team of the Public Health Center, 8 health branch offices, and 11 health clinics, who will visit each eup/myeon office.

The rapid antigen diagnostic test detects infection by dropping a specimen collected from the nasal cavity onto a kit to check for positive or negative results. Since the infection status can be confirmed within 15 to 20 minutes, it is faster compared to PCR tests which take 6 to 24 hours.

It is also suitable for screening tests for early detection of COVID-19, and if a positive result is found in the rapid antigen test, a PCR test will be conducted again.

Yoon Jeonghee, director of the Public Health Center, said, “We will do our best to protect the county by preemptively and thoroughly responding to COVID-19 to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the community.”

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