Incheon City Confirms Movement of COVID-19 Patient in Michuhol-gu...Visited 4 Hospitals and Pharmacies

Park Gyu-ung, Director of the Health and Sports Bureau of Incheon City, held a press conference on the 25th to explain the circumstances of additional COVID-19 confirmed cases.
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Incheon Metropolitan City has announced the interim results of the epidemiological investigation on A (58), a resident of Michuhol-gu who was confirmed as an additional case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

According to the city on the 26th, A, who tested negative in the first COVID-19 test, was found positive in the second test 12 days later. It was investigated that A visited four hospitals/clinics and one pharmacy after symptoms appeared.

A, a tour guide, was identified to have guided Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese tourists at the War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan, Seoul on the 23rd of last month, Gyeongbokgung Palace on the 24th, the War Memorial again on the 25th, and Changdeokgung Palace on the 26th.

After developing symptoms such as fever on the 31st of last month, A visited Songnae Clinic and DH Medical Pharmacy on foot from the home in Michuhol-gu on the 3rd.

Then, on the 8th, A visited the Incheon Medical Center screening clinic on foot, took a taxi to Gil Hospital screening clinic and Songnae Clinic for treatment, and went to DH Medical Pharmacy on foot.

On the 13th and 23rd, A was confirmed to have visited Incheon Sarang Hospital after passing Dohwa Station on foot from home.

Incheon City has completed disinfection of A’s home in Michuhol-gu, Songnae Clinic, DH Medical Pharmacy, Dohwa Intersection, and Dohwa Station. A’s mother, who lives with A, tested negative and is currently under self-quarantine.

Among the contacts identified so far in A’s movement path, including the mother, 23 people have all tested negative.

The city plans to impose self-quarantine on contacts after the 13th regardless of negative test results and lift quarantine after 14 days through further epidemiological investigation of A.

A developed symptoms such as fever, cough, and sore throat on the 31st of last month and visited the Sarang Hospital screening clinic in Michuhol-gu on the 13th, where the COVID-19 test result was negative.

However, as symptoms persisted, A revisited Sarang Hospital on the 23rd for a second specimen collection test, and was confirmed positive at 1:28 PM on the 25th. A is currently receiving isolation treatment at Inha University Hospital.

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