Patient No. 19 at Songdo Outlet... Visited 7 Stores in 2 Hours

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] It has been additionally revealed that the 19th confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (Wuhan pneumonia) in Korea, who recently returned from Singapore, visited seven stores including Samsung Electronics and Polo at Hyundai Premium Outlet in Songdo, Incheon, after symptom onset.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 8th, the 19th patient (36-year-old male) arrived at Hyundai Premium Outlet Songdo branch at around 4:26 PM on the 1st in his parents' car and stayed for about two hours until 6:25 PM. During that time, he visited seven stores from the basement first floor to the second floor.

The first store he visited was 'Susugarden' located on the basement first floor, where he stayed from 4:41 PM to 5:08 PM. Afterwards, he was at 'Samsung Electronics' on the same floor from 5:09 PM to 5:17 PM.

On the first floor, he visited the 'Polo' store for two minutes from 5:20 PM, then immediately moved to the second floor. On the second floor, he went through 'Olzen' (5:25?5:27 PM), 'Brooks Brothers' (5:27?5:38 PM), 'Galaxy' (5:39?5:50 PM), and 'Form Studio' (5:54?6:10 PM).

This patient was confirmed to have come into contact with a total of 54 people while moving between Songpa-gu in Seoul, Bundang-gu in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, Gangnam-gu in Seoul, and Songdo in Incheon. Previously, he attended a business meeting of a private company held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore together with the 17th patient (37-year-old male), and both were diagnosed positive consecutively.

According to the joint investigation by the Korean and Singaporean health authorities, a total of 109 people attended the event, of whom 94 were foreigners. It was also confirmed that Chinese attendees, including residents from Hubei Province, China, were present at the scene.

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