Hamyang-gun Operates Mobile Screening Clinic to Prevent COVID-19 Spread Among Foreign Workers...

Installation and Operation of Four Mobile Screening Clinics Around Rural Workplaces
Efforts to Prevent Spread Including Pre-Reservation System Implementation

Preemptive Testing for Foreign Workers
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 9th that it will operate a mobile screening clinic visiting foreign workers to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

To prevent COVID-19 in advance, the county urgently installed four mobile screening clinics around the workplaces of foreign workers on the 8th, operating by time slots to complete COVID-19 tests while workers take short breaks and notify them of the test results.

This mobile screening clinic operation is necessary as the full-scale onion harvest began in June, and foreign workers are working in groups using manpower brokerage agencies, requiring strengthened COVID-19 prevention measures.

In particular, due to the shortage of agricultural labor, many foreign workers reside in the county, and since they often live communally, there is a concern of widespread infection if one person tests positive for COVID-19, prompting preemptive measures.

According to COVID-19 prevention measures, foreign workers in the agricultural sector must undergo regular COVID-19 testing once a week until the 29th of this month and can only be deployed to rural labor sites after confirming a negative result, making regular testing essential.

Accordingly, the county is conducting promotional activities to enable foreign workers to receive COVID-19 diagnostic tests quickly and operates a screening clinic at the Hamyang-gun Public Health Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A county official said, “The nationwide spread has not subsided, and our county is not a safe zone but in a serious situation,” adding, “We will do our best in prevention, promotion, and testing to prevent further confirmed cases,” urging strict compliance with quarantine rules.

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