Government to test all workers at nursing homes, mental hospitals in Greater Seoul
Social affairsOct 14, 2020
The government plans to carry out diagnostic tests for COVID-19 on some 130,000 workers at mental hospitals and nursing homes in the greater Seoul area after a major cluster was discovered in Busan. Another 30,000 senior citizens who attend day care facilities will be tested too. “Patients pose relatively lower risks (of virus transmission) as they are tested before they are admitted, but there’s a possibility that the medical staff and other workers could bring about COVID-19 in