[This Person] Why Did Park Seong-su, Songpa District Mayor, Notify COVID-19 Test Results on the Same Day?

The 'Public Health Center Screening Clinics' with the highest number of tests...Significant improvements in operation plans...Test results notified by 7 PM the same day or 8 AM the next day...Helping quick return to daily life...Online issuance of waiting numbers, separate waiting areas established

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District, is discussing the improvement of the operation plan for the Songpa District Public Health Center's screening clinic at the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting.

A long line of people waiting for COVID-19 testing is formed at the Songpa-gu Public Health Center screening clinic.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, has made a decisive move.

Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) has recently made significant improvements to the operation of health center screening clinics starting from the 22nd to alleviate user inconvenience caused by the surge in COVID-19 testing and heatwaves, providing residents with rapid COVID-19 test results so they can return to their daily lives as quickly as possible.

Currently, most testing sites notify COVID-19 test results around 9 a.m. the next day. However, this often causes inconvenience for commuting to work or school, so the district advanced the notification of test results significantly starting from the 19th.

Those tested in the morning can receive results around 7 p.m. the same day, and those tested in the afternoon can receive results around 8 a.m. the next day. This allows anyone to know their results in less than a day regardless of the testing time.

This applies to all testers at the Songpa-gu Health Center screening clinic as well as the two temporary screening clinics operated by the district (Olympic Park Peace Gate and Munjeong Urban Development Zone Plaza).

Additionally, from the 22nd, a ticket numbering system will be introduced to make usage more convenient.

The Songpa-gu Health Center screening clinic serves about 2,000 people daily, making it the most used testing site in the area. Due to this, long queues have formed daily, causing significant inconvenience to users.

In response, the district will issue on-site and online numbered tickets to users of the Songpa-gu Health Center screening clinic.

On-site visitors can receive a numbered ticket and then wait in a separate waiting area to avoid the heat. To facilitate this, the district has created an 80-seat waiting area at the ‘Songpa Saem Music Library’ (an underground walkway at the intersection in front of the district office) and installed monitors to check the admission order.

In particular, the district plans to assign guides on-site to ensure visitors move directly to the waiting area without leaving for other places. They will also strictly manage pedestrian traffic to avoid overlapping with residents’ routes and thoroughly disinfect the area.

Online ticket issuance will begin on the 26th. Tickets can be obtained in advance on the Songpa-gu Office website under the ‘COVID-19 Situation Notification’ page.

Visitors can wait at home, complete an electronic questionnaire, and visit the clinic at the designated time.

Furthermore, the district has stocked 100 umbrellas at the screening clinic to prepare for heatwaves and rain.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, stated, “Thanks to proactive quarantine management and residents’ cooperation, Songpa-gu’s confirmed cases per 100,000 people rank 17th among Seoul’s 25 districts (as of July 20).” He added, “We will not be complacent but will continue to work diligently to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the community through thorough quarantine management and swift responses, while also providing convenience to residents.”

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