Gyeongnam Office of Education Fights Omicron Spread with On-site Mobile PCR Testing

5203 Volunteers in Quarantine Activities, 168 Health Personnel

Main Office and Education Support Office Emergency Response Teams, Including Telephone Counseling Center

The on-site mobile PCR testing team from the Gyeongnam Office of Education visited a school in Haman on the 11th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education is responding to the Omicron variant virus through on-site mobile PCR testing.

Since the 11th, the Gyeongnam Office of Education announced that it has established an on-site mobile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing system to support frontline schools.

When multiple confirmed cases occur, students and staff can quickly receive diagnostic tests at schools, and the test results are verified by entrusting specialized diagnostic institutions.

Four mobile specimen collection teams consisting of eight members visit schools requesting tests and conduct up to 1,000 tests per day.

In addition to mobile PCR testing, when a large number of confirmed cases occur at a school, an emergency response team is operated or formed to quickly support tasks such as contact tracing and status assessment.

Nineteen teams with 35 members are separately organized at the headquarters and 18 education support offices to reduce the workload of school quarantine officers and manage confirmed cases.

A COVID-19 integrated telephone counseling center staffed with experts in academic affairs and quarantine fields is also operated to respond to changes in the quarantine system.

Following last year, a total of 5,203 volunteer quarantine activity personnel are supported at all kindergartens and schools in the province, along with 168 health personnel assigned to schools without health teachers and oversized schools.

Ha Jung-hwa, Director of the Department of Physical Education, Arts, and Health, said, “We are protecting schools from Omicron and supporting operations through on-site mobile PCR testing and emergency response teams,” adding, “We will do our best to minimize confusion at school sites and strengthen school quarantine.”

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