Patient 16 Cares for 'Daughter' Patient 18 at Gwangju Hospital... Entire 3rd Floor Quarantined (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] All patients on the 3rd floor of Gwangju 21st Century Hospital, where the 16th domestic case of the novel coronavirus infection (Wuhan pneumonia) stayed, have been placed under isolation.

Kim Kang-lip, Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, stated at a briefing after the Central Response Headquarters meeting on the 5th, "The 16th patient stayed on the 3rd floor of Gwangju 21st Century Hospital to care for his daughter." The daughter of the 16th patient is the 18th patient.

The immediate response team, composed of experts from the Central Disease Control Headquarters, Central Accident Response Headquarters, and the Infectious Disease Society, went to the site the previous evening and is currently taking emergency measures for patients and staff within the hospital together with Gwangju City.

Vice Minister Kim explained, "Patients on the 3rd floor, who had frequent contact, were moved to other floors and are currently all isolated within the hospital." He added, "Patients admitted on other floors with relatively lower risk will be discharged and then isolated either through self-quarantine or by being moved to single rooms in the dormitory of the Gwangju Fire Academy, depending on their symptoms."

Among the hospital staff, those with high risk have all been placed under self-quarantine. The remaining staff are currently under observation.

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