Busan COVID-19 Confirmed Cases 77-79 Movement Routes Released

Ahn Byung-seon, Director of Health Policy at Busan City, is giving a briefing on COVID-19 at the City Hall briefing room on the afternoon of the 3rd. (Photo by Kim Jong-hyo)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jonghyo] Busan City has disclosed the movement routes of additional confirmed COVID-19 cases number 77 to 79. The movement route of case number 80 will be announced after an epidemiological investigation.

At a press conference held on the afternoon of the 3rd, the city stated that the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Busan area has increased by one from the previous day, reaching 80. Excluding one patient who was discharged after recovery the previous day, the number of confirmed cases under city management is 79. Among the confirmed patients, 45 are hospitalized at Busan Medical Center, 23 at Busan National University Hospital, 4 at Busan Paik Hospital, 4 at Haeundae Paik Hospital, 2 at Kosin University Hospital, and 1 at Dong-A University Hospital.

Case 77 (74 years old, male, other) resides in Daegu and experienced fever and body aches starting on the 23rd. From the 26th, he received medical treatment but showed no improvement, and on the 1st, he visited a public health center screening clinic and was confirmed positive. Case 78 (62 years old, female, Seo-gu) moved from Daegu to Busan on the 22nd. She had nasal discharge symptoms from the 22nd and received medical treatment from the 26th but did not improve, visiting a public health center screening clinic on the 1st and testing positive. Case 79 (5 years old, male, Saha-gu) had no specific movement routes or symptoms. He was confirmed positive after contact testing due to his mother's diagnosis. Case 80 (68 years old, male, Suyeong-gu) is a member of Oncheon Church and was confirmed to have attended worship on the 19th. He developed symptoms during self-quarantine, was tested, and confirmed positive.

Below are the movement routes of confirmed cases 77 to 79 in Busan as announced by the city.

◆ Busan Case 77 (74 years old, male, other) confirmed patient movement route

△ February 22 (Sat) to February 24 (Mon) = [Fever on 2/23, body pain] Daegu residence

△ February 25 (Tue) = Daegu residence ⇒ on foot ⇒ 9:20-9:30 AM Sokan Sim Internal Medicine (366 Ansim-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 9:40 AM to 7:45 PM Dongho Palgong Pharmacy (1st floor, 366 Ansim-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 9:55 AM Daegu residence

△ February 26 (Wed) to February 28 (Fri) Daegu residence

△ February 29 (Sat) Daegu residence ⇒ private car ⇒ 7:11-7:13 PM Haeundae Paik Hospital Screening Clinic (875 Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu) ⇒ private car ⇒ 8:08-8:13 PM Geumsu Bokguk Haeundae Main Branch (23 Jungdong 1-ro 43beon-gil, Haeundae-gu) ⇒ private car ⇒ 8:30 PM Busan residence

△ March 1 (Sun) [Confirmed] Busan residence ⇒ 9:30 PM transported to Busan Medical Center

◆ Busan Case 78 (62 years old, female, Seo-gu) confirmed patient movement route

△ February 21 (Fri) Daegu residence, no outings

△ February 22 (Sat) [Nasal discharge] Daegu residence ⇒ taxi ⇒ 2:10 PM Dongdaegu Station ⇒ train ⇒ 3:35 PM Busan Station ⇒ taxi ⇒ 4:10 PM Busan residence

△ February 23 (Sun) no outings

△ February 24 (Mon) Busan residence ⇒ on foot ⇒ 7:20-7:40 PM Asung Daiso Busan Nampo Branch (46 Gudeok-ro, Jung-gu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 8:00 PM Busan residence

△ February 25 (Tue) no outings

△ February 26 (Wed) Busan residence ⇒ on foot ⇒ 2:40-2:55 PM Siwon Urology Clinic (90 Gudeok-ro, Jung-gu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 3:05-3:13 PM Kim Yonggi Internal Medicine Clinic (7 Bosu-daero, Seo-gu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 3:16-3:27 PM Endocare Pharmacy (7 Bosu-daero, Seo-gu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 3:47-4:38 PM Lotte Mart (Gwangbok Branch) 1st and 2nd floors (2 Jungang-daero, Jung-gu) ⇒ taxi ⇒ 5:10 PM Busan residence

△ February 27 (Thu) no outings

△ February 28 (Fri) Busan residence ⇒ on foot ⇒ 2:50-3:25 PM Daeshin Korean Medicine Clinic (15 Bosu-daero, Seo-gu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 4:05-4:20 PM Big Sale Mart (Pro Distribution) (48 Bupyeong 1-gil, Jung-gu) ⇒ taxi ⇒ 4:30 PM Busan residence

△ February 29 (Sat) Busan residence ⇒ on foot ⇒ 3:55-4:05 PM Asung Daiso Busan Nampo Branch (46 Gudeok-ro, Jung-gu) ⇒ on foot ⇒ 4:15-5:07 PM Lotte Mart (Gwangbok Branch) 1st and 2nd floors (2 Jungang-daero, Jung-gu) ⇒ taxi ⇒ 5:07 PM Busan residence

△ March 1 (Sun) Busan residence ⇒ taxi ⇒ 11:00-11:30 AM Seo-gu Public Health Center Screening Clinic ⇒ taxi ⇒ 11:30 AM Busan residence

◆ Busan Case 79 (5 years old, male, Saha-gu) confirmed patient movement route

△ February 22 (Sat) to February 29 (Sat) (No symptoms) residence, no outings

△ March 1 (Sun) residence ⇒ private car ⇒ 11:30-11:45 AM Saha-gu Public Health Center Screening Clinic ⇒ private car ⇒ 12:00 PM residence

△ March 2 (Mon) residence ⇒ public health center ambulance ⇒ 4:30 PM transported to Busan Medical Center

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