Strengthening Quarantine Measures in Vulnerable Facilities Such as Nursing Hospitals from the 11th to the 24th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] As the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the Gwangju area continues to reach record highs, Gwangju City will implement a 'special quarantine measure' for two weeks.

Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, and Jang Hwi-guk, Superintendent of Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, announced the results of the COVID-19 Public-Private Joint Countermeasure Committee meeting through a non-face-to-face online briefing on the 10th.

To block the spread of infection in high-risk facilities and vulnerable groups, special quarantine measures will be implemented for two weeks from the 11th to the 24th.

First, workers at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, psychiatric medical institutions, and psychiatric nursing and rehabilitation facilities will expand PCR diagnostic testing from the current twice a week to three times a week starting tomorrow.

Nursing homes, facilities for the disabled, homeless shelters, Korean medicine hospitals, and rehabilitation hospitals will increase PCR diagnostic testing from once a week to twice a week.

Face-to-face visits to nursing hospitals and facilities, psychiatric medical institutions, etc., will be completely banned as before, and facility workers will be subject to administrative orders prohibiting visits to multi-use facilities except for commuting to and from work.

In addition, workers at daycare centers, kindergartens, community child centers, and Dahamkke Care Centers, as well as workers at schools operating care and after-school classes during vacations, must undergo mandatory PCR diagnostic testing once a week.

Among workers at multi-use facilities mainly used by teenagers, such as academies, reading rooms, and study cafes, those who are unvaccinated will be required to undergo PCR diagnostic testing once a week.

Gwangju City and the Metropolitan Office of Education, together with related agencies, will strengthen quarantine inspections across vulnerable facilities and strictly hold accountable and take measures against violations of quarantine rules according to infectious disease-related laws.

Meanwhile, in the Gwangju area, 133 people were confirmed positive the previous day, marking the highest number of daily confirmed cases, but as of 4 p.m. on the same day, 156 new confirmed cases have been reported, setting a new record for the highest number of confirmed cases again.

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