Gangnam-gu 50s Small Business Owner Confirmed COVID-19 Positive... Total 13 Cases

A man in his 50s living in an apartment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, currently running a plant design company in Gasan Digital Complex, Geumcheon-gu, was classified as a close contact after a neighboring company employee tested positive on the 6th; he has been under self-quarantine at Gangnam-gu Health Center since the 7th and tested positive this morning following a specimen test.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] On the 8th, a man in his 50s, a small business owner classified as a self-quarantined individual and managed by the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center, was confirmed positive for COVID-19.

As a result, among the 1,913 people tested at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center, the number of confirmed positive cases has increased to 13 (10 residents and 3 non-residents).

The man in his 50s, living in an apartment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, currently runs a plant design company in Gasan Digital Complex, Geumcheon-gu. On the 6th, after a neighboring company employee who shared the same floor’s restroom and elevator in his usual company building was confirmed positive, he was classified as a close contact and has been under self-quarantine management by the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center since the 7th. He was tested on the day and confirmed positive that morning.

Following the man’s statement that he had a cough, sputum, and a fever of 37.3℃ since the 6th, the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center conducted an epidemiological investigation of his movements since the 5th. As a result, three family members and one friend were classified as close contacts, tested, and placed under self-quarantine.

Gangnam-gu also conducted testing at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center for 119 residents of 32 households in the Daechi-dong apartment where the confirmed case lives, regardless of symptoms. Disinfection work was completed in the apartment building and surrounding areas, as well as at a Korean restaurant, a billiard hall, and a wine bar.

The Gangnam-gu Public Health Center isolated and admitted the confirmed case to the municipal Boramae Hospital in the afternoon and is conducting a detailed epidemiological investigation together with Seoul city epidemiologists.

A man in his 50s living in an apartment in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, was confirmed positive by the Dongjak-gu Public Health Center on the 7th. The Gangnam-gu Public Health Center ordered all 197 family members and apartment residents to undergo testing and disinfected one restaurant.

This man, currently working at a workplace in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, was quarantined for 14 days in a Gwangju officetel from February 21 after a coworker tested positive. After the quarantine period ended, he returned to his Apgujeong home on the 6th and was confirmed positive on the day.

Additionally, Gangnam-gu reported 30-year-old Kang Mo, a resident of Nonhyeon-dong who was classified as a close contact since February 26 and under self-quarantine management by the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center, to the Gangnam Police Station on the 8th for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act by going out twice without permission.

《Confirmed Case Movement Routes》

■ Male, 50s (Resident of Daechi-dong)

□ March 4

Last contact with confirmed case from Geumcheon-gu (confirmed March 6), who works in the same building

□ March 5

At home

□ March 6

18:30 Restaurant (Daechi-dong, Hanti Station Exit 2) → 20:30 Billiard hall (Daechi-dong, Hanti Station Exit 1) → 21:00?22:30 Pub (Daechi-dong, Hanti Station Exit 2) → 22:40 Billiard hall (Daechi-dong, Hanti Station Exit 1) → 23:20?24:00 Pub (Daechi-dong, Doseong Elementary School intersection)

□ March 7

15:00 Tested at Gangnam-gu Public Health Center screening clinic

□ March 8

08:00 Confirmed positive → 14:00 Transferred to Municipal Boramae Hospital

※ Dongjak-gu confirmed case - Male, 55 (Resident of Apgujeong-dong)

□ February 21?March 5

Self-quarantined for 14 days in Seo-gu, Gwangju, as a close contact of a confirmed coworker

□ March 6 08:10 Quarantine lifted → 13:00 Departed Gwangju Songjeong Station → 14:34 Arrived at SRT Suseo Station → 14:45 Apgujeong Rodeo Station (Bundang Line) → 15:00 Home → 17:45 Dinner with wife at restaurant (Apgujeong-dong Dosan Park intersection) → 19:00 Home

□ March 7

07:30 Called 119 for high fever (ambulance) → 08:00 Tested at Chung-Ang University Hospital → 15:30 Returned home by ambulance → 17:53 Confirmed positive → 22:09 Transferred to Seoul Medical Center

※ The confirmed cases’ movement routes are based on the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Seoul city epidemiological investigation results prior to official announcements and may be subject to changes or additions.

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