H Plus Yangji Hospital Respiratory Clinic Implements 'Rapid Antigen Test'

[Photo by H Plus Yangji Hospital]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Kwan-joo] As health authorities shift to a testing and treatment system involving local clinics and hospitals in response to the Omicron variant surge, on the 3rd, a citizen at the H Plus Yangji Hospital walk-through screening clinic received a consultation and rapid antigen test.

From this day forward, individuals who are not priority testing subjects must test positive on a rapid antigen test to be eligible for a PCR test. Priority testing subjects include seniors aged 60 and above, those with a medical opinion indicating the need for testing, close contacts and overseas entrants, individuals related to infection-vulnerable facilities such as nursing homes and correctional facilities, and those confirmed positive on a rapid antigen test. Other individuals can receive a rapid antigen test at screening clinics, respiratory specialty clinics, or local clinics and hospitals, and only if the result is positive can they proceed to a PCR test.

Min Joo-won, a respiratory specialist at H Plus Yangji Hospital, explained, “For those who are not priority testing subjects, if the first rapid antigen test is positive, a PCR test is immediately conducted to confirm the diagnosis. If confirmed positive and asymptomatic or mild, they enter home treatment while being monitored.”

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