Domestic COVID-19 New Cases Zero for Third Day...All Symptomatic Wuhan Returnees Test Negative (Comprehensive)

Passengers showing suspected COVID-19 symptoms among Korean residents and family members with Chinese nationality who returned on the third charter flight from Wuhan, China, arrived at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 12th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced on the 13th at 9 a.m. that no additional COVID-19 cases have been reported domestically, maintaining the total confirmed cases at 28. This reflects the situation updates from 4 p.m. on the 12th through the night.

Since the 28th patient (a 31-year-old Chinese female) was confirmed on the 10th, no new cases have been reported for three consecutive days. Among the confirmed patients, seven have recovered and been discharged. Following patients 1, 2, 4, and 11, three more patients?numbers 3 and 17, who were in isolation treatment at Myeongji Myungwon Hospital, and patient 8, who was at Wonkwang University Hospital?were declared fully recovered and discharged yesterday afternoon.

As of this morning, 5,769 individuals with symptoms such as fever and cough who have traveled to COVID-19 outbreak countries including China are under medical observation, an increase of 173 from 5,596 as of yesterday afternoon. Among them, 5,099 tested negative, and 670 are still undergoing testing. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters releases updates on domestic COVID-19 cases twice daily at 10 a.m. (based on 9 a.m. data) and 5 p.m. (based on 4 p.m. data).

Meanwhile, among the 147 Wuhan evacuees and their Chinese family members who arrived on the third temporary charter flight yesterday, five individuals classified as symptomatic all tested negative according to diagnostic tests conducted at the National Medical Center. Of these five, three are Korean and two are Chinese. They were discharged from the hospital this morning and moved to the Defense Language Institute at the Joint Military Academy in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, where other evacuees are staying.

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