[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Daejeon area has increased to 10.


According to Daejeon City on the 27th, a man in his 30s, Mr. A, tested positive for COVID-19 in the afternoon. It has been identified that Mr. A had contact with a female employee (39 years old) working at Wolpyeong Station on Daejeon Metro Line 1, who was confirmed positive on the previous day (26th).


The city is currently conducting an epidemiological investigation into Mr. A's movement routes and is reported to be carrying out emergency disinfection at the places he visited.



Meanwhile, on the morning of the 27th, three confirmed cases were reported before Mr. A in Daejeon. The list of confirmed cases includes one elderly person in their 70s who was transferred from Chungnam Gongju Medical Center to Daejeon Eulji University Hospital for treatment, and two colleagues (men in their 30s) of a researcher at the Korea Forest Research Institute who tested positive on the previous day (26th).


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