The government says it will carry out a coronavirus-19 (Corona 19) diagnostic test on 28,000 Daegu citizens who have cold symptoms for the next two weeks.

As cold symptoms such as coughing are indistinguishable from the initial symptoms of corona 19, we plan to screen for the symptoms of the cold and diagnose the diagnosed patients early.

If you have a group infection and a member of the church in Sinchon, Daegu, which is undergoing a full inspection, a total of 37,000 people will be tested for two weeks.

Yun Tae-ho, the head of the Center for Defense Affairs at the Central Accident and Welfare Headquarters, said, “We will conduct a full survey on corona 19 for Daegu residents who have symptoms other than Shincheonji members for the next two weeks.” "In a reasonable estimate, we estimate about 28,000 people."

He said, "If you combine (9,000 people who are candidates for the examination of the Daegu Church in Sincheonji), we will perform intensive tests for more than 37,000 people within two weeks.

The official said, "The 28,000 people who are being examined are not suspected of having a corona." "Corona is roughly the same in Daegu when you look at past statistics because the initial symptoms are indistinguishable from a cough or a runny nose." "We plan to investigate by reporting that 28,000 people may have cold symptoms."

"We look forward to investigating people with at least cold symptoms, finding possible corona patients, treating them, and isolating them to the lowest possible level of community infection in the Daegu area, and looking forward to getting rid of infectious diseases." I added.

We are also conducting a survey on the members of Shincheonji Daegu Church.

He said he had a list of 9,535 people who participated in the Shinchonji Daegu Church religious event.

The test will be given to those who have symptoms.

Kim Kang-pip, vice-president of the Central Accident and Welfare Division, said, “We secured a list of more than 1,200 people who were identified as having symptoms in the Daegu Church of Shincheonji, and completed the first sample collection by yesterday. Said.

In addition to Shincheonji Daegu Church, other local Shincheonji church members are also being identified.

This is due to the emergence of Shincheonji-related patients from all over the country, with other local church members participating in the Shincheonji Daegu Church event being confirmed as Corona19.

Deputy general manager Kim said, "I requested the personal information of the members who visited Daegu as well as Daegu at that time and attended religious events." We will see if there is enough cooperation and take further action. ”

As of 9 am, there were a total of 763 Korean corona19 confirmed patients, 458 of whom were related to Shincheonji Daegu Church.

(Photo = Yonhap News)