As of the 5th, 956 domestic contacts of the novel coronavirus... About 900 under self-quarantine

On the afternoon of the 5th, quarantine officials disinfected an ambulance that transported the 18th confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in front of the dormitory at the Fire School within the Gwangju Civil Servant Training Institute in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] The number of contacts of domestic patients infected with the novel coronavirus (Wuhan pneumonia) was counted as 956 as of the morning of the 5th. The number of confirmed patients increased by 2 on the day, totaling 18, but the contacts of the newly added patients have not yet been identified and thus are not included in the count.

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, previously, contacts were classified into close and casual contacts based on the situation at the time of contact, but now all are uniformly classified as contacts, which changed the scale of contacts. Until the previous day, there were 1,318 contacts, but according to the data announced on the day, the number decreased to 956. Among them, 45 contacts of patient number 1 and 905 people, excluding confirmed patients, are under self-quarantine.

Looking at individual patients, the 16th patient confirmed the previous day has the highest number of contacts at 306. This patient traveled to Thailand and visited a hospital near their residence before being transferred to Chonnam National University Hospital. Patient number 12, who was infected in Japan and confirmed positive after entering Korea, had 666 contacts until the previous day, but the number decreased to 219 due to the change in contact criteria.

Tests are also underway for 174 symptomatic individuals who were isolated for investigation. The cumulative number of symptomatic individuals is 696, of which the remaining 522 tested negative and were released from isolation. The quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations on confirmed patients, including the newly confirmed patients number 17 and 18 on the day.

Among the domestic confirmed patients, patient number 2 (55-year-old male, Korean) will be discharged from the National Medical Center in the afternoon after completing treatment. It has been 13 days since he was confirmed positive on the 24th of last month. The health authorities are considering discharging other patients whose conditions have improved besides patient number 2. It is also known that the condition of the other patients, excluding patient number 2, is good.

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