Goyang City conducts ‘comprehensive antigen test’ for workers in high-risk facilities



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200 million won municipal budget … Promotion of rapid antigen test for 2,000 workers


Goyang City conducts 'comprehensive antigen test' for workers in high-risk facilities
Goyang City has been urgently installing and operating four crown 19 temporary inspection and inspection stations since the 14th. [고양시 제공]
[아시아경제 라영철 기자] In December, in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, a confirmed case occurred in the third nursing hospital, and Goyang-si began to quickly prepare measures.

Goyang City said, “First, with a budget of around 220 million won, we purchased 22,000 rapid antigen kits and over two days, on the 17th and 18th, 372 high-risk facilities were expedited, including nursing homes. the elderly and social assistance centers for the disabled, for 12,000 workers On the 16th it was decided to carry out an antigen test.

If the rapid antigen test result is positive, a PCR test will also be performed and the subjects will be quarantined until the results are confirmed. Also, if the result of the PCR test was positive, it was decided to extend the range of the test to residents of the nursing facility.

As a result of a total examination of 207 out of a total of 212 people involved in the Micromorning Care Hospital, where a confirmed case occurred on the 14th, 27 confirmed cases were found earlier. The total number of confirmed cases is 30 so far, including 3 individual inspectors and 3 licensed individuals. On the 16th, the city is undergoing a second full inspection.

To date, a total of 2,104 people have undergone the Corona 19 test in 9 high-risk centers, including 7 nursing homes, 1 nursing home and 1 weekly care center in Goyang-si, of which 101 were diagnosed as confirmed and 6 died.

Goyang Mayor Lee Jae-joon emphasized: “We will conduct a full inspection of workers and residents of high-risk facilities in Daesan to prevent damage in advance and resolve civil anxiety through various quarantine measures in preparation for the third pandemic”.

Meanwhile, the city added Corona 19 projection stations at three locations, including Hwajeong Cultural Plaza (Hwajeong Station Exit 4), Goyang Tourist Information Center (Jeongbalsan Station Exits 1 and 2), and Ilsan Station Plaza on the Gyeongui Line for 3 days a from 11. Installed. A total of four temporary screening tests are in operation together with the ‘Anshimka’ screening clinic (the bishop’s first public parking lot), which already resumed operations on the 11th.

Reporter Ra Young-cheol [email protected]

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