Mokpo City Controls COVID-19 Spread During Lunar New Year Holiday

PCR and Self-Test Kit Screening Followed by Request to Return Home and Workplace

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do, is continuing its vigilant administrative operations to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within the region.

On the 3rd, the city reported that during the five-day Lunar New Year holiday from the 29th of last month to the 2nd, there were a total of 321 confirmed cases in the area, a figure similar to the average in January.

In the past, there has been a pattern of increased COVID-19 cases following holidays.

To minimize this phenomenon, the city operated health centers and the Disaster Safety Home Headquarters without holidays during the holiday period, conducted nightly joint quarantine inspections of entertainment facilities together with Jeollanam-do, and carried out sector-specific self-inspections.

However, since this holiday lasted five days, resulting in many movements not only for returning home but also for travel, the city anticipates an increase in confirmed cases for the time being.

Accordingly, the city recommends returning home or to work after PCR or self-diagnostic kit testing. The city also conducted self-diagnostic kit tests for all public officials before requiring them to return to work on the 3rd.

The city operates screening clinics at the health center and Peace Square, and to alleviate the inconvenience of long waiting times due to increased citizen participation in testing, it encourages visits to the indoor gymnasium screening clinic. Additionally, the city has received six personnel reinforcements from the Navy 3rd Fleet and has installed and is operating one additional testing booth at Peace Square.

To prevent confirmed cases among family members during home treatment, the city plans to operate the Mokpo Youth Training Center near the indoor gymnasium as a home treatment facility. Furthermore, as the response system for COVID-19 testing, prescriptions, and home treatment is being reorganized to focus on local clinics, the city plans to hold a meeting with the Mokpo Medical Association on the 4th to request active cooperation.

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