Gwangju Reports 1 Additional COVID-19 Case... Total of 7 Patients Under Negative Pressure Room Treatment
Wife of Patient No. 164 Confirmed After Visiting Daegu Shincheonji
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] An additional case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Gwangju Metropolitan City. With this, a total of seven people in Gwangju are receiving isolation treatment in negative pressure rooms.
According to Gwangju City and health authorities on the 23rd, at around 4:30 PM, A (30), a resident of Dong-gu, Gwangju, tested positive in a specimen test.
A attended a worship service at the Shincheonji Church in Daegu on the 16th and is the spouse of patient number 164, who was confirmed positive and isolated in a negative pressure room at Chosun University Hospital.
Although A initially tested negative and was under self-quarantine, some symptoms appeared that morning, leading to a retest which confirmed the infection. A was then transferred to the negative pressure room at Chosun University Hospital.
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Health authorities and Gwangju City are focusing on identifying close contacts.
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