Gwangju COVID-19 Cases Increase by 2... 3 Visited Daegu Shincheonji

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Following the confirmation of a 'COVID-19' case in Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 20th, two additional cases have been reported.

According to health authorities on the 21st, two individuals who attended a service at the Shincheonji Church in Daegu on the 16th in the same vehicle as A (31), who tested positive for COVID-19 around 9 PM the previous day, were confirmed to have COVID-19.

B, a resident of Dong-gu, Gwangju, was transferred to a negative pressure isolation room at Chosun University Hospital, and C, a resident of Buk-gu, was moved to a negative pressure isolation room at Chonnam National University Hospital.

Both A's wife and B's wife reportedly tested 'negative' in their first tests.

Thus, in Gwangju, all 458 contacts of the 16th and 18th COVID-19 patients, a mother and daughter, were released from quarantine, and 60 people staying at the 21st Century Hospital and the Fire Academy dormitory were also released from quarantine at midnight on the 20th. However, less than a day later, new confirmed cases have emerged again.

The Gwangju city authorities and others plan to conduct epidemiological investigations, focusing on identifying the exact movements and close contacts of these individuals.

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