Incheon COVID-19 Cases Increase by 3 Over the Weekend, Total Reaches 31

Disinfection officials are disinfecting the market, which is closed due to COVID-19, at Bupyeong Traditional Market in Incheon. 2020.2.24
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Over the weekend, three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Incheon, bringing the total to 31.

According to Incheon City on the 15th, A (47, male), a resident of Nonhyeon-Gojan-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, who visited the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries at the Government Sejong Complex where a cluster infection occurred, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the same day.

A, who works at a research institute located in Songdo-dong, Incheon, was investigated to have visited the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries at the Government Sejong Complex on the 5th for a meeting.

He experienced an itchy throat symptom on the 9th, and on the 10th, he developed a fever (37.2°C) and pain. On the 11th, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., he visited Nonhyeon Open ENT Clinic, Ecometro Pharmacy, and Nonhyeon Green Pharmacy in sequence while wearing a mask.

From the afternoon of the 11th to the 12th, he took the KTX from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan for a business trip. On the 14th, he visited the Yeonsu-gu screening clinic, where a specimen was collected, and he tested positive early that morning. Three cohabiting family members and eight colleagues who were identified as having contact with A all tested negative.

Earlier, on the 14th, B (41, female), an Incheon resident working at a call center in Guro-gu, Seoul, and C (39, female), a visitor residing in Gyeonggi-do who had visited the Czech Republic, were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

B, an employee at the ACE Insurance call center, had tested negative in the first test at the Namdong-gu Public Health Center screening clinic on the 9th and was self-isolating. However, when fever and cough symptoms appeared, she was transferred to the Gil Hospital screening clinic, where she underwent second and third tests and was confirmed positive after five days.

B’s mother and younger sister, who live with her, tested negative in specimen tests.

C departed for Prague, Czech Republic, on the 2nd and arrived at Incheon International Airport the day before. However, during quarantine, she showed symptoms of fever, headache, sputum, and sore throat and was transferred to Inha University Hospital, a nationally designated inpatient treatment facility, where she is currently receiving treatment.

Incheon City is currently identifying contacts of C at the Incheon Airport quarantine station and plans to notify self-isolation and monitor them once the investigation is complete.

In Incheon, including 13 employees and 2 contacts at the ACE Insurance call center in Guro-gu, a total of 31 people have been confirmed positive so far.

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