Correction of confirmation statistics due to corona test error at Busan Quarantine Station … Business interruption (general)

Entry 2020.11.30 14:49 | Revision 2020.11.30 16:21

61 cases of ‘positive’ foreign influx → corrected ‘voice’ … Inspection of national quarantine stations

Several errors were found in the results of the corona diagnostic test conducted by the Busan Quarantine Station. Quarantine authorities reclassified 61 people who had been classified as confirmed entries from abroad as “negative” and began inspecting national port quarantine stations.

Jung Eun-kyung, head of the quarantine countermeasures headquarters, said in a regular briefing on the 30th: “We confirmed that an error occurred during the diagnostic test in the corona quarantine stage at the Disease Response Center. from Gyeongnam “. “The error period was 3 days from November 17 to 19. It was mainly caused by inspections of immigrants who passed through the port quarantine station.

Headquarters Jeong continued, “As a result of re-examination by the Korea Disease Management Administration, 61 of the confirmed cases of foreign influx were confirmed as ‘negative’, and the statistics were corrected by excluding 61 of the number of influxes. previously reported confirmed foreigners. “

According to Bang Dae-bon, a total of 77 people were classified as confirmed by the Busan quarantine station from 17 to 19, but only 16 were confirmed positive in the new test.

The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention received a report from the Busan Quarantine Station on the night of the 19 that “there were a lot of protons from the same test plate,” and collected related samples and analyzed them directly. At work, I confirmed that the results were wrong due to the use of contaminated distilled water.

Chung head office said: “For the Busan quarantine station where the test error was confirmed, the corona test work was stopped immediately, and the test is currently being carried out through an external shipping agency. In addition, he emphasized, “We are conducting quality control in conjunction with the Japanese inspection for the examination rooms of the national quarantine stations.”

Of the 13 quarantine stations across the country, only the Incheon Airport Quarantine Station is conducting its own inspection and the rest are inspecting the lab.