Gwangju Nam-gu Response to 'Waterborne and Foodborne Mass Infections'

Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, will maintain an emergency quarantine duty system to prepare for various infectious diseases caused by record high temperatures.

Nam-gu plans to strengthen quarantine management until September 30, as the probability of waterborne and foodborne infectious disease outbreaks increases due to rising temperature and humidity, as well as the rainy season.

Nam-gu will establish a 24-hour monitoring and emergency contact system in cooperation with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Gwangju Metropolitan City.

In case of unusual trends such as group patient outbreaks, the situation will be registered in the Disease and Health Integrated Management System for prompt action.

To actively respond to infectious disease outbreaks, the emergency duty system will continue not only during night shifts but also on weekends and holidays.

If suspected symptoms of waterborne and foodborne infectious diseases occur in two or more people, an epidemiological investigation and collection of test samples will be conducted, and the results will be analyzed by the City Health and Environment Research Institute for appropriate response.

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