Hwasun-gun Issues 'Administrative Order' for Preemptive Testing of Workers in Vulnerable Quarantine Facilities

[Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ji-woon] Jeonnam Hwasun-gun (Governor Gu Chung-gon) strengthened preemptive testing of vulnerable facilities and issued an administrative order containing quarantine compliance measures on the 23rd to block the spread of COVID-19 infections following the phased recovery of daily life.

According to the county on the 25th, this administrative order requires foreign and domestic workers at foreign employment workplaces, operators and workers of employment agencies, and foreign and domestic workers using employment agencies to undergo diagnostic testing once every two weeks.

Those who have completed vaccination are excluded from the diagnostic testing target group.

However, Janssen vaccine recipients must undergo diagnostic testing once every two weeks, the same as unvaccinated and first-dose recipients.

Operators, workers, and users of nursing hospitals/facilities, psychiatric hospitals/facilities, and elderly day and night care centers must undergo diagnostic testing once a week, including those who have completed vaccination (except those 14 days after an additional vaccination).

Along with strengthening preemptive testing of workers in vulnerable facilities, quarantine compliance measures are also being reinforced.

When holding any events or gatherings, a report must be submitted to the event organizing department, and a quarantine manager must be designated.

For large-scale events or gatherings with 100 or more participants, the vaccination status of participants must be confirmed, unvaccinated individuals are restricted from participation, and the results of quarantine situation inspections must be submitted.

Senior centers must be operated only with vaccinated individuals, and eating is prohibited. New entrants to prayer houses must submit a negative test result certificate within 48 hours prior to admission.

The county also recommended diagnostic testing participation for visitors from other regions, staff and workers of daycare centers, kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools, and academy instructors along with strengthening quarantine compliance measures.

A county official said, “With the recent rapid increase in COVID-19 confirmed cases, active quarantine practices are necessary,” adding, “Please strictly follow basic quarantine rules such as wearing masks and filling out entry logs, and cooperate in preventing the spread of COVID-19 by undergoing prompt diagnostic testing upon returning from visits to other regions.”

Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ji-woon rosaria0704@asiae.co.kr

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