Pohang City Installs Screening Clinic at KTX Station ... "Preemptive COVID-19 Testing for Year-End and New Year"

At Yangdeok Hanmaeum Gymnasium, 'Base Drive-Thru' Operation Starts from the 24th

Kang Jae-myung, head of the Pohang Infectious Disease Response Headquarters (right), and Lee Kang-deok, mayor of Pohang, briefing on the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk announced on the 22nd that it will operate a temporary screening clinic at Pohang KTX Station starting from the 23rd to strengthen COVID-19 quarantine response.

As a special quarantine reinforcement measure, any citizen using the KTX station can receive a free test regardless of symptoms, aiming to reduce blind spots.

Additionally, a 'Pohang Buk-gu Base Drive-Through' will be set up at Yangdeok Hanmaeum Gymnasium and is scheduled to begin operation from the 24th. This is expected to minimize inconvenience such as reducing waiting time for citizens who want to get tested and preventing infectious disease transmission among those waiting.

Along with this, the 'Rapid Mobile Specimen Collection Team' formed to block secondary transmissions conducted initial mobile specimen collection for 170 residents of Haksan Jugong Apartments on the 21st.

To secure insufficient medical personnel, Pohang City recruited 124 members for the 'Emergency Medical Support Team' and held a launching ceremony in November. Initially, 25 members of the Emergency Medical Support Team (nurses, nursing assistants, clinical pathologists) were deployed to the temporary screening clinic and Hanmaeum Gymnasium.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang emphasized, "As concerns about the spread of COVID-19 are increasing, we decided to additionally install and operate screening clinics to supplement the insufficient COVID-19 specimen facilities and establish a mass testing system," adding, "We will do our best to block the spread of infection in daily life through large-scale proactive testing."