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'Where to go for a COVID-19 testing?': Korea's new testing scheme explained
'코로나19 검사 어디서 받나’: 한국의 새로운 검사 운영계획 설명
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A woman receives a COVID-19 rapid antigen test at a screening site in Gangseo District, Seoul, Thursday. Newsis
A woman receives a COVID-19 rapid antigen test at a screening site in Gangseo District, Seoul, Thursday. Newsis

By Lee Hyo-jin


Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea has been offering free polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to all people who need them at screening centers across the country. But those days are now over.
코로나19 팬데믹 초기부터 한국은 전국의 선별 검사소에서 유전자증폭(PCR) 검사를 필요한 사람들 모두에게 무료로 제공해왔다. 하지만 이제 그런 시기는 지났다.


In a bid to tackle the highly contagious but generally less lethal Omicron variant, the government has shifted its focus to vulnerable groups, introducing a new testing scheme concentrating on early diagnosis among these priority groups.
덜 치명적이지만 매우 전염성이 높은 오미크론 변이에 대응하려는 노력의 일환으로, 정부는 초점을 취약한 집단으로 옮겨 이러한 우선순위 집단의 초기 진단에 집중하는 새로운 검사 계획을 도입했다.


Under the new scheme, starting Thursday, PCR tests are on limited offer to those priority groups. For the rest, rapid antigen tests, also known as self-testing kits, will be more widely used.
목요일에 시작되는 이 새 계획 하에서 PCR 검사는 우선순위 집단에 한해서 제공된다. 이외 사람들을 위해서는 자가진단키트로도 알려진 신속항원검사가 더욱 광범위하게 사용될 것이다.


Below are some questions and answers about how, where and which type of COVID-19 test to receive based on information provided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
아래는 보건복지부가 제공한 정보에 기반해 어떻게, 어디서 그리고 어떤 유형의 코로나19 검사를 받을 수 있는 지에 대한 일부 질문과 대답들이다.


Q. Who is eligible for a PCR test?
Q. 누가 PCR 검사를 받을 자격이 있나?


PCR tests are limited to elderly people aged 60 and over, people who have come in close contact with a COVID-19 patient, and those with a doctor's recommendation citing the need for the laboratory-processed test.
PCR 검사는 60세 이상 고령자 및 코로나19 환자와 밀접 접촉한 사람들, 그리고 이 연구실에서 처리되는 검사의 필요성이 적힌 의사 소견서를 받은 사람들에게 한정된다.


In addition, workers at high-risk facilities such as nursing homes and correctional facilities requiring preemptive testing on a regular basis, overseas entrants, as well as anyone who tested positive on a rapid antigen test, are also eligible for the PCR test.
추가적으로, 예방 검사를 정기적으로 요구하는 요양 병원 및 교정 시설과 같이 고위험 시설에서 일하는 노동자들, 해외 입국자뿐만 아니라 신속항원검사에서 양성이 나온 사람들 또한 PCR 검사 자격이 있다.

KEY WORDS
■ scheme (운영) 계획, 제도
■ in a bid 노력의 일환으로, ~ 하기 위해
■ tackle (문제 등을) 다루다
■ cite (확인을 위해) ~를 언급하다
■ preemptive 예방의
■ entrant 입국자

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