4 Additional COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Bucheon...Contact with Infected Person at Church
On the 12th, medical staff collected specimens from residents at the screening clinic in Korea Building, Guro-gu, Seoul, a site of a COVID-19 cluster infection. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Four additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been reported in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Bucheon area to 27.
On the 12th, Bucheon City announced that Pastor A (66, male) of Saengmyeongsu Church in Sosabon-dong and three female congregants in their 40s to 50s tested positive for COVID-19.
It was confirmed that they had contact on the 8th of this month at the church with B (44, female), the 20th confirmed case in the region. B is an employee at the Ace Insurance call center in Seoul, where a cluster infection occurred, and was confirmed positive on the 10th of this month.
Investigations revealed that B also had contact with two other congregants besides these individuals. The other contacts tested negative in specimen tests.
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Bucheon City has placed these two individuals under self-quarantine and is monitoring them. Investigations into the movements and contacts of Pastor A and the four additional confirmed cases are ongoing.
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