Gangnam-gu COVID-19 Cumulative Tests Surpass 500,000... Highest Nationwide

Average 8 Times Higher at 750 Sites Nationwide, Establishment of Smart Infectious Disease Management Centers and Integrated Information System for Large-Scale, Rapid, and Focused Testing

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun) surpassed 500,000 cumulative COVID-19 tests on the 11th. This came just over a month after exceeding 400,000 tests on the 7th of last month, as more than 100,000 people underwent testing.

This accounts for 3% of the nationwide cumulative tests, which total 16.28 million. The three screening clinics in Gangnam, including the Gangnam Public Health Center, handled eight times the average share of the 750 nationwide sites.

As of this date, Gangnam’s positivity rate, which is the ratio of confirmed cases (2,742) to cumulative tests (about 501,000), stands at 0.5%, significantly lower than the national rate of 0.9%.

This is the result of a tightly managed quarantine system through proactive testing based on the infectious disease response principle of ‘early detection, early containment’ from the early stages of the outbreak.

District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun, immediately after confirming on January 26 last year that the third confirmed domestic case had visited Gangnam, enabled not only residents of the district but also those from other regions to receive free testing regardless of symptoms if they wished.

The synergy effect between the ‘COVID-19 Integrated Information Management System,’ jointly established with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in April, and the previously established ‘Smart Infectious Disease Management Center’ also played a crucial role.

This is the first system in the country that allows the entire screening process?from test registration to returning home?to be completed with a single QR code, enabling mass and concentrated testing.

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