Daejeon Reports 3 Additional COVID-19 Cases, Including 1 Urban Railway Worker (Comprehensive)

On the 26th, Heo Tae-jung, Mayor of Daejeon, briefed on the local COVID-19 confirmed cases status. Provided by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Daejeon. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Daejeon has now risen to 13.

According to Daejeon City on the 28th, the additional confirmed cases include a man in his 40s, Mr. A (station master at Daedong Station on Urban Railway Line 1 and Jungangno Station), a woman in her 40s, Ms. B (working at an insurance company in Sejong), and a woman in her 20s, Ms. C (graduate student).

The city’s investigation revealed that Mr. A had contact with the sixth confirmed case in Daejeon, an employee working at Wolpyeong Station.

Also, Ms. B is suspected to be linked to a Zumba dance studio in Cheonan (epidemiological investigation is ongoing), and Ms. C is enrolled in a graduate school in Seoul. It was found that a friend she met in Seoul has parents who were confirmed COVID-19 cases and reside in Daegu.

Currently, all three confirmed patients are reported to be in stable condition.

The city is identifying the facilities these confirmed patients visited, conducting immediate disinfection, and placing contacts under self-quarantine.

The city explained that the movement routes and contacts will be disclosed as soon as they are identified through epidemiological investigations.

Meanwhile, the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Daejeon was reported on the 22nd?a 23-year-old woman. The first confirmed patient visited Daegu on the 13th and was diagnosed positive on the 18th while staying at an acquaintance’s home in Dong-gu, Daejeon. Her actual residence is reported to be Seoul.

On the 23rd, a couple in their 60s living in Yuseong-gu tested positive for COVID-19. On the 26th, three more cases were confirmed: a 40-year-old female nurse working at Seongse Hospital in Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu; a 33-year-old researcher working at the Korea Forest Service Research Institute in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu; and a 39-year-old female station worker at Wolpyeong Station on Urban Railway Line 1.

On the 27th, the number of confirmed cases increased to 10 with one man in his 70s being treated at Eulji University Hospital in Seo-gu (transferred from Gongju, Chungnam), two men in their 30s who are colleagues of the previously confirmed researcher at the Korea Forest Service, and one station worker at Wolpyeong Station.

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