All Garak Market Merchants Test Negative...Trade Normalization Underway

All Contacts of 1 COVID-19 Confirmed Case at Garak Market (88 People) Test Negative

Garak Market Fruit and Vegetable Direct Sales Market

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (President Kim Kyungho, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Corporation’) announced that all 88 contacts of COVID-19 confirmed case Lee ○○ (male, born in 1957), who was identified at Garak Market on the 13th, tested negative after being tested by the local health center.

The facility was immediately closed and disinfected upon the occurrence.

The confirmed case is an employee of Daeacheonggwa cabbage wholesaler and was infected by a spouse attending ○○ Church located in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, and is currently under quarantine treatment.

The Corporation normalized all transactions, including cabbage auctions, starting from the 16th, as all 88 contacts tested negative.

Additionally, at 8:30 PM on the 13th, the Daeacheonggwa cabbage auction site and the shippers’ rest area were urgently closed, and full disinfection was conducted on the COVID-19 confirmed area, including all logistics transport equipment (such as forklifts).

From 11 AM on the 14th, Songpa-gu Health Center conducted an epidemiological investigation through CCTV.

Furthermore, the Corporation plans to fully mobilize disinfection efforts throughout the market, including the auction site, wholesaler stores, restrooms, and Garak Mall, while strengthening guidance and inspections to ensure compliance with preventive measures such as ‘all market users wearing masks and washing hands’ and ‘self-quarantine and contacting health authorities upon symptom onset’ to provide safe food supply to metropolitan citizens.

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