Seoul “Courier delivery-religious facility-restaurant employee total inspection”

[코로나19]Call center-care-bus driver
Symptoms-Free without contact with a confirmed patient
The city of Seoul has decided to conduct a full investigation on workers in high-risk groups, such as religious facilities and nursing homes, where the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) group infection is followed. All bus and taxi drivers are also inspected.

On the 16th, Seo Jeong-hyup, acting mayor of Seoul, said, “We have decided to conduct a full inspection on high-risk groups such as distribution and logistics businesses such as courier service, call centers, sewing factories, religious facilities, nursing facilities, and food service workers.” Those who work in essential industries, such as caring workers, are also included in the total inspection.”

The reason that the Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to inspect the workers in question was because they were exposed to a’three-mild (closed, dense, close)’ environment, and it was determined that a preemptive response was necessary. Seo said, “10,576 people were tested at the temporary screening office for two days, and 17 of the 2,240 people tested on the first day were confirmed.” I will pull it up to,” he explained.

This full test can be obtained free of charge even if there are no symptoms or contact with the confirmed person. The nasopharyngeal smear (nose secretion) gene amplification (PCR) test is also conducted as a rapid antigen test or a saliva PCR test according to the judgment of the medical staff. The number of new confirmed patients in Seoul reached 378 as of 0 o’clock on the 16th, again surpassing 300 in 3 days. Among the new confirmed cases that occurred this month, 21.9% of the confirmed cases of which the route of infection is unknown. The number of asymptomatic confirmed cases also increased to 31% as of last week. A city official said, “The virus activity has become vigorous due to the cold and dry weather, and the rate of asymptomatic confirmed cases that are difficult to detect and track is increasing, accelerating the spread of Corona 19.” I said.

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