[Breaking] Daegu City Deputy Mayor's Office Official Confirmed Positive... Hundreds of Officials Self-Quarantined

Daegu Metropolitan City COVID-19 Response Regular Briefing. Daegu City Hall

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] A public official working in the Daegu City Deputy Mayor's Office for Economic Affairs has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Daegu City announced on the 26th that a COVID-19 case was confirmed among employees at the City Hall annex in Sangyeok-dong, Buk-gu, leading to the closure of annex buildings 101 and 111, and that public officials working there have been instructed to work from home.

The confirmed case is under self-quarantine, and an epidemiological investigation into the infection route is underway. Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs Lee Seung-ho has been classified as a close contact and is subject to self-quarantine. Accordingly, hundreds of related employees will work from home for the day.

If all of them remain in self-quarantine or work from home, half of Daegu City Hall will be excluded from normal operations, making an administrative gap inevitable.

Daegu City Hall annex building 101 houses the Deputy Mayor's Office for Economic Affairs, as well as the Economic Bureau, Job Investment Bureau, Innovation Growth Bureau, Urban Regeneration Bureau, and Transportation Bureau.

A Daegu City official stated, "We are confirming additional information related to the confirmed case."

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