Seocho-gu, corona free test for 430,000 citizens… “I hope to become a national prosecutor model”

On the 24th, Seocho-gu, Seoul, announced on the 24th that it will conduct a complete corona 19 test for Seocho-gu residents from the 29th to the end of February next year to block the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). This is because the recent explosion of confirmed cases has made epidemiological investigations difficult, so preemptive measures are needed to find hidden confirmed cases.

Seocho-gu will establish screening and inspection stations in 18 dong community centers in the building for total inspection. In addition to the currently operated health center screening clinics and six temporary screening tests, a total of 25 test centers can be tested.

Seocho-gu expects that 25 inspection stations will be able to test more than 7,000 people per day on average. According to Goo, since the 13th, seven inspection stations have tested up to 2,000 people a day and found 40 confirmed cases.

At 18 newly installed testing stations, the saliva (saliva) and PCR (gene amplification) method is used. An official in Seocho-gu said, “A large number of people can be tested by simply sending the saliva spit out by themselves at a booth near the Dong Community Center without the help of medical staff to the testing and analysis institution.” It is planned.”

The accuracy of the saliva PCR test is 92%, which is less accurate than the nasopharyngeal smear PCR test (98%), which collects a sample from the nose, but it is more accurate than the rapid antigen test method (90%) and can be tested quickly, explained Seo to be. Existing public health center screening clinics and six temporary screening test centers conduct nasopharyngeal smear PCR.

This total inspection is primarily targeted at 430,000 Seocho-gu residents, but any citizen who wants the inspection can get it for free. Public health center screening clinics are open from 9 am to 9 pm on weekdays and from 9 am to 6 pm on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). The 18 community center screening offices and 6 temporary screening offices are open from 9 am to 6 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 3 pm on weekends.

Seocho-gu mayor Cho Eun-hee said, “There is a limit to overcoming a serious situation just by social distancing.

When an acquaintance who ate with him on the 11th was confirmed on the 16th, Director Cho, who received the diagnostic test, was negatively determined. Mayor Cho is not subject to self-quarantine because the confirmed acquaintance is asymptomatic and was a contact 5 days before the diagnosis, but voluntarily self-isolation and ends the quarantine on the 25th.

Reporter Choi Eun-kyung [email protected]