16-Month-Old Girl Confirmed with COVID-19 in Gimpo... Youngest Infection Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyo-jin] A 16-month-old girl in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). She is the youngest confirmed case in the country so far.

According to Gimpo City on the 23rd, the 16-month-old girl, referred to as A, tested positive for COVID-19 in a second test in the afternoon and was transferred to Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province. A had tested negative in the first test.

A is the child of a couple in their 30s living in Gimpo who were confirmed positive two days earlier. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. B, attended a relative's wedding held at the Queen Bell Hotel in Dong-gu, Daegu, where the 31st confirmed patient had visited, on the 15th, staying for about an hour and a half with A.

Mrs. C, the wife, visited a hospital in Gurae-dong on the 19th with symptoms of cough and sore throat but was advised to visit a screening clinic first. She underwent first and second tests on the 21st and was confirmed positive for COVID-19.

Mr. B, the husband, also tested positive in the first test early that day. The Emart Kintex branch in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, where Mr. B works, has temporarily closed.

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