Suwon Launches Novel Coronavirus Screening Clinics

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon announced on the 23rd that it has begun operating screening clinics for novel coronavirus infections, commonly called Wuhan pneumonia.

If you have visited Wuhan, China and are experiencing fever or respiratory symptoms, you must first visit a screening clinic for consultation and medical care rather than going directly to a hospital emergency room. Screening clinics are temporary medical facilities established within or outside hospital emergency rooms to isolate suspected patients from general patients. Each medical institution is also implementing preventive measures to prevent the spread of infection.

Suwon's screening clinics are located at Gyeonggi Medical Center Suwon Hospital, Ajou University Hospital, Saint Vincent's Hospital of Catholic University, and East Suwon Hospital. As of the 23rd, Suwon has 5 individuals under active surveillance for novel coronavirus. Active surveillance targets are patients who do not meet the symptom criteria for novel coronavirus infection but have fever or may develop cough or fever later, and are being monitored for symptom changes.

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