Three Hanwha Total Researchers in Seosan, Chungnam Confirmed with COVID-19

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] Three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Seosan, Chungnam.

On the 10th, Seosan City announced that three employees working at the Hanwha Total Research Institute in Seosan Daesan Industrial Complex tested positive for COVID-19. They are colleagues of a researcher in his 50s at Hanwha Total, who was confirmed as Seosan's first COVID-19 case the day before.

At the Hanwha Total Research Institute in Seosan, a male researcher in his 50s, Mr. A, was tested at the Seosan Medical Center screening clinic and confirmed positive for COVID-19. Mr. A reportedly showed symptoms such as cough, muscle pain, and chills starting from the 6th.

The next morning, Mr. A's wife was confirmed positive for COVID-19, and subsequently, three of Mr. A's colleague researchers were also confirmed infected.

As a result, the number of confirmed cases at the Hanwha Total Research Institute in Seosan has risen to five, and the total confirmed cases in Seosan have increased to six.

Health authorities are conducting specimen tests on about 110 people, including 77 of Mr. A's colleagues at the research institute and 38 people who commuted with Mr. A on the shuttle bus.

Seosan City stated, "An epidemiological investigation of the three additional confirmed cases is underway," and added, "Once the investigation is complete, the infection routes and movement paths of the confirmed cases will be disclosed."

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