Corona 19 inspection at Jinkwan Industrial Complex in Namyangju▶ Click here to enlarge
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The new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has been controversial as the quarantine authorities have notified the results of the first confirmed person in the Jingwan Industrial Complex in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, where a group infection occurred.
According to Namyangju City on the 17th, a Cambodian worker A, who worked at a plastics manufacturing plant in the Jingwan Industrial Complex, was confirmed in Seoul, and as a result of total inspection of the factory’s employees, 114 additional people were tested positive.
A went to her sister in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and when symptoms such as fever appeared, she was diagnosed with Corona 19 at the screening clinic at the nearby Soonchunhyang University Hospital on the morning of the 13th, and was notified of the confirmation on the morning of the 15th. It took about two days to receive a confirmation notice after the test. Usually, if you take a gene amplification (PCR) diagnostic test, you will be notified the same day when the test result is reached, or the next day at the latest. It is rare that it takes more than 24 hours to know the test results.
According to Yongsan-gu, Mr. A was examined in the morning of the 13th, and the results came out late in the afternoon of the same day, and the time at which Yongsan-gu confirmed this through the procedure of inputting it into the system at Soonchunhyang University Hospital is the morning of the 14th. Gu should have notified the person concerned and Namyangju City immediately upon confirmation, but did not properly implement this measure. Gu notified Mr. A only at 11 am on the 15th the next day, and delivered it to Namyangju on the afternoon of the 15th.
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Sample test matrix▶ Click here to enlarge
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Regarding the reason for this delay, an official in Yongsan-gu explained, “The work volume has exploded due to the recent group infection that occurred at Soonchunhyang University Hospital, and the processing of other confirmed cases has been delayed.”
Yongsan-gu explained that the time of notification of confirmation was delayed because Mr. A first entered the list of confirmed cases related to group infection at Soonchunhyang University Hospital, but was removed from the list because it was corrected as not related and was removed from the list.
However, it seems difficult for quarantine authorities such as Yongsan-gu to avoid responsibility as there is a possibility that the virus may have spread further while A returned to the dormitory in the factory on the 14th without knowing that he was confirmed and stayed until the next day.
An official in Yongsan-gu said, “In the situation where there are dozens of confirmed patients per day due to group infection at Soonchunhyang University Hospital, the burden on work such as epidemiological investigations is great.” .
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