Daejeon Adds 2 More COVID-19 Cases...Including 1 Attendee of Shincheonji Daegu Church (Update 2)

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Two more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been reported in Daejeon. The total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the region is now 18.

According to Daejeon City on the 5th, a woman in her 40s (case 17) living in a villa in Wonsinhung-dong, Yuseong-gu, and a man in his 20s (case 18) living in Hanareum Apartment in Wonnae-dong, Yuseong-gu, tested positive for COVID-19.

Case 17 is the wife of case 11 (stationmaster of Daedong and Jungangno stations on Urban Railway Line 1). She had been in self-quarantine since the 29th of last month and visited the Yuseong-gu Public Health Center on the 4th due to suspected COVID-19 symptoms. After testing, she was confirmed positive.

Case 18 is a student at Kyungpook National University and was confirmed to have attended a worship service at the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu. This man was notified on the 27th of last month by the Buk-gu Office in Daegu as an asymptomatic person who had contact with a confirmed case. He was confirmed positive for COVID-19 while in self-quarantine.

Regarding case 18, it is reported that he was a trainee of the Shincheonji Daegu branch and also attended a worship service at the Shincheonji Daegu Church on the 17th of last month.

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