Strengthening COVID-19 Prevention with Self-Testing in Yulchon and Haeryong Industrial Complexes
Comprehensive Testing Conducted for Over 5,000 Industrial Complex Workers Using Self-Diagnosis Kits
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] The Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority (hereinafter referred to as Gwangyang Economic Authority) announced on the 23rd that it conducted a full-scale COVID-19 testing using self-test kits for about 5,000 workers at Yulchon and Haeryong industrial complexes over three days from June 16 to 18.
In response to recent confirmed COVID-19 cases among companies located in the industrial complexes, special quarantine measures were implemented by conducting full-scale testing of workers using self-diagnostic kits supported by the Infectious Disease Management Division of Jeollanam-do, allowing workers to test themselves.
The self-diagnostic kits used this time were produced by SD Biosensor, officially approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in April this year, with a sensitivity of 90% and capable of providing test results within 15 minutes.
The full-scale testing of industrial complex workers was carried out with the cooperation of the Haeryong-Yulchon Industrial Complex Council. On June 16, an instructional session on how to use the self-test kits was held at Jeonnam Technopark, after which 5,600 kits were distributed to 132 resident companies for testing.
As a result of the full-scale testing, two positive cases were detected by the test kits; however, PCR tests conducted by the Health and Environment Research Institute confirmed both cases as negative, verifying that there were no COVID-19 infections among the approximately 5,000 industrial complex workers.
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The Gwangyang Economic Authority stated that it plans to continue strengthening worker quarantine management, including infectious disease prevention education through the "Visiting Health Care Provider" program.
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