“Looking for hidden confirmed cases”… Operation of ‘visits to screening clinics’ in delivery companies and call centers

It started in 5 locations, including Seoul City and the Songpa Seoul Complex logistics hub, where 8,000 courier workers are concentrated.
Up to 1000 preventive tests per day possible … Religious facilities and daycare workers are also eligible

[아시아경제 조인경 기자] On the 24th, Seoul announced that it was operating a ‘mobile visitor screening clinic’ in earnest for preventive testing for industries at high risk of infection with new coronavirus (Corona 19) infections, such as courier workers and call center workers, can be performed closely without blind spots.

As a special measure to curb the spread of Corona 19, the city has taken care of people in essential industries such as logistics, call centers, nursing centers, nursing hospitals, religious facilities, etc. Preventive inspection is promoted.

In particular, it was decided to operate a “ visitor screening clinic ” that can screen up to 1,000 people per day for some facilities and organizations that have difficulty receiving tests due to shift work or behavioral restrictions, although preventive tests they are absolutely necessary.

The screening clinic, which I visit at # 1, has been operated since the 23rd at the Seoul Complex Logistics Center in Jangji-dong, Songpa-gu, where some 8,000 logistics workers, including workers, work closely together. courier. In a situation where citizens’ offline activities increase and the demand for distribution volume increases rapidly at Christmas and end of the year, if there is a confirmed case among distribution center workers, it can cause a serious disruption of the distribution. The plan is to catch it early and prevent distribution disruption.

On the same day, the city set up a screening clinic in front of the Eunpyeong Rehabilitation Center in Gusan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, and the Dasan 120 Call Center in Sinseol-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, and completed inspections of 500 residents and workers.

On the 24th, a screening clinic will open at Maronie Park in Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu and at the Seoul Metro Line 9 garage in Gaehwa-dong, Gangseo-gu. In Maronie Park, under the cooperation of the Seoul Center for Independent Living for the Disabled, inspections for disabled people with disabilities and at the Seoul Metro Line 9 garage support voluntary participation of public transportation workers.

The city plans to operate a screening clinic that visits nursing homes, religious facilities, city buses, and daycare workers who find it difficult to continue with further examinations.

Seoul Mayor Seo Jeong-hyup visited the site of the Seoul Complex Logistics Center in Jangji-dong on the 24th to check the status of the operation and hold a meeting with representatives of transportation and logistics companies such as nearby Coupang. , Market Curly and Lotte Courier Taxi Bus. We plan to solicit the cooperation of the company so that logistics workers, such as package delivery, can actively participate in preventive inspection and discuss ways to strengthen the COVID-19 quarantine.

Seo said: “Companies with characteristics like logistics, call centers, nursing facilities, etc. that are difficult to move or require large-scale personnel to move at the same time are vulnerable to Corona 19 infection, but have many difficulties to obtain preventive tests. ” “We will do our best to find the hidden confirmed persons by actively increasing the number of tests in operation.”

Journalist Jo In-kyung [email protected]