17th Confirmed Patient's Close Contact Tests 'Negative'
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jonghyo] A person identified as A in the Busan area, who had close contact with the 17th confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, tested negative.
The Busan City Health and Environment Research Institute announced on the 6th that A, who showed symptoms of fever, was tested and found to be negative. The health status of A's children, who were contacts, was checked and no abnormalities were found.
The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education has ordered the closure of A Elementary School in Yeonje-gu, where the contact's children attend, until the 7th.
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The 17th patient’s close contacts and their children visited a relative’s house in Daegu with their family on the 25th of last month, where they came into contact with the confirmed patient.
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