Confirmed Cases Reported at Two Nursing Facilities in Gyeongsan City... Gyeongsan Designated as Special Infectious Disease Control Area

Choi Young-jo, Mayor of Gyeongsan (Photo by Gyeongsan City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] Two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported at two nursing facilities in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk.

Gyeongsan City announced on the 5th that two women, A (87 years old) and B (81 years old), users of Chamjoeunjaega Center located in Jungbang-dong, tested positive for COVID-19.

Ms. A used the facility on the 26th of last month, and Ms. B visited on the 27th. Authorities collected test samples from 12 facility workers who had contact with them and began testing. The facility is also closed until the 8th for disinfection. At the Okgok-dong Haengbok Nursing Home, a 95-year-old woman, Ms. C, was also confirmed positive.

Gyeongsan City is quarantining and disinfecting residents and workers of the facilities either within the facility or through self-isolation. As a result, the total number of confirmed cases in Gyeongsan rose to 347 as of the morning of the day.

The government designated Gyeongsan City, where a large number of confirmed cases occurred, as a Special Infectious Disease Control Zone on the same day. This is the third designation after Daegu and Cheongdo.

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