Gwangjin-gu Conducts Proactive COVID-19 PCR Testing for All Employees

Operation of 'Gwangjin-gu Public Officials Special Quarantine Week' from 16th to 22nd... On 16th-17th, a visiting screening clinic for employees in the Civil Service Welfare Building... Lunch to be minimized to 2 people or less, preferably using packed meals

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Seon-gap) is operating a "Gwangjin-gu Public Officials Special Quarantine Week" for one week from December 16 to 22 in response to the recent rapid increase in COVID-19 confirmed cases.

First, the district will conduct COVID-19 PCR tests for all employees of the district office over two days, December 16 and 17.

This test is being promoted to detect asymptomatic and latent infection cases early, proactively protect employees, and prevent transmission to the local community.

The test subjects include all employees of Gwangjin-gu Office and the public health center, including fixed-term workers and social service agents. A separate walk-in screening clinic will be set up in the Civil Welfare Building within the district office to conduct the tests.

To minimize work disruption, testing will be conducted in order by department, and employees will return to work after testing.

Those who do not get tested will be guided to individually get tested at weekend and nighttime screening clinics within this week.

Along with this, since mask-wearing is highly important, lunch, during which mask-wearing is impossible, should preferably use packed meals, and employees should eat separately from their substitutes, minimizing the number of people eating together to two or fewer. They were also requested to refrain from conversation during meals and to take coffee and beverages to go.

After work, employees are instructed to go home immediately, and gatherings such as dinners and private meetings are prohibited. Work consultations should be conducted online as much as possible, and visits to other departments are prohibited except in unavoidable cases.

Also, if symptoms such as fever or respiratory illness occur, employees must immediately get tested for COVID-19 and then go home, returning to work only after receiving a negative test result.

Kim Seon-gap, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, "The situation is serious with more than 7,000 confirmed cases occurring consecutively recently," and added, "Although all employees are maintaining a thorough quarantine system and following prevention rules for the safety of residents, we judged that heightened awareness of personal quarantine is necessary, so we decided to operate a special quarantine week."

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