Gyeongnam Province Conducts Emergency COVID-19 Testing Ahead of College Scholastic Ability Test

Priority Testing for College Entrance Exam Students from the 2nd to the 3rd

Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government Building Exterior View

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] The Gyeongsangnam-do Institute of Health and Environment Research will conduct emergency tests for examinees in preparation for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) to be held on the 3rd.

The institute has increased the number of emergency COVID-19 response personnel from 6 to 8 and will establish and operate an emergency work system for diagnostic testing of CSAT applicants from the 2nd until 9 a.m. on the 3rd.

During the emergency testing period, tests for CSAT applicants will be given top priority 24 hours a day.

The local public health centers must prioritize specimen collection from examinees, mark the specimens separately (examinee confirmation), and immediately transport them to the Institute of Health and Environment Research.

Examinees must inform the local public health center that they are CSAT applicants to receive prompt testing.

Ha Gangja, head of the Infectious Disease Research Department at the Institute of Health and Environment Research, emphasized, “Since confirmed COVID-19 cases and quarantined individuals can also take the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test, examinees with symptoms should get tested promptly.”