Yangcheon-gu, Sixth and Seventh Confirmed Cases Occur

Small Cluster Infection at Guro 'Insurance Call Center', 2 of 13 Yangcheon-gu Residents Working on the Same Floor Test Positive... Sixth Confirmed Case Lives in Sinjeong 7-dong (30, Male), 1 Cohabitant (Younger Sister, 28)... Seventh Confirmed Case Lives in Sinwol 4-dong (45, Male), 2 Cohabitants (Parents, 67, 66)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The sixth and seventh confirmed COVID-19 cases have occurred consecutively in Yangcheon-gu.

On the afternoon of the 8th, at an 11th-floor office (insurance call center) in Sindorim-dong, Guro-gu, where the 9th confirmed case from Nowon-gu works, a total of 22 confirmed cases have been reported so far. Among 13 Yangcheon-gu residents working on the same floor, 2 tested positive.

The remaining 4 tested negative, and 7 are still undergoing testing.

The sixth confirmed case, residing in Sinjeong 7-dong, has been transferred to Seonam Hospital, a nationally designated hospital. Disinfection has been carried out at the patient’s home and nearby areas. The seventh confirmed case is currently under self-quarantine while awaiting assignment to a national isolation bed.

The district office plans to disinfect the confirmed patients’ homes and nearby visited locations as soon as the seventh confirmed case is transferred. They will promptly disclose the confirmed patients’ movement routes on the Yangcheon-gu website and SNS (Naver Blog, Instagram) as soon as the epidemiological investigation results from Seoul City are available.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “We regret and apologize for the consecutive confirmed cases. We will thoroughly disinfect the movement routes and surrounding areas and continue to meticulously disinfect multi-use facilities.”

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