COVID-19 Screening with 'Walk-Through Method' at Sejong City Hall Outdoor Plaza

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City announced on the 13th that it will relocate the ‘New Town COVID-19 Screening Clinic,’ which has been operating in the parking lot of Eojin-dong Complex Community Center, to the outdoor plaza of City Hall.

The screening clinic will operate using a walk-through method starting from the 14th. The walk-through will be in operation during the summer season, and afterward, it will be combined with a drive-through method.

The relocation of the screening clinic was decided in consideration of the recent nationwide daily average of confirmed cases exceeding 1,000, necessitating faster testing, and the difficulties faced by medical staff due to summer heat, vehicle exhaust, and heat in the previously used location (parking lot).

Before the relocation, the city reviewed various candidate sites within the region, and after considering factors such as the availability of a large space suitable for both drive-through and walk-through methods, safety from community transmission, accessibility, and ease of leasing, the outdoor plaza of Sejong City Hall was selected as the most appropriate site.

The city plans to operate the screening clinic flexibly, such as utilizing the lawn plaza in front of City Hall as a parking space when a large number of testees gather at once.

A health center official stated, “With the relocation and operation of the screening clinic to the outdoor plaza of Sejong City Hall, it is expected that testing convenience will also improve,” and added, “We will do our best in quarantine efforts to ensure that citizens can live safely from COVID-19 through flexible operation along with the relocation of the screening clinic.”

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