One More COVID-19 Confirmed Case in Gwangju Area...Total Confirmed Cases Reach 18

Confirmed Patient Husband Also Tests Positive After Visiting Daughter Studying Abroad in Spain

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] One additional confirmed case of 'COVID-19' has been reported in the Gwangju area, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 18.

According to health authorities on the 17th, Mr. B (in his 60s), the husband of Ms. A (59, female), who was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the morning of the same day after visiting the home of their daughter studying abroad in Spain, has also tested positive.

Ms. A is known to have visited her daughter's home in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do from the 6th to the 8th, after her daughter, a student studying in Spain, returned to Korea. She began showing symptoms such as fever and muscle pain starting from the 10th.

She was tested on the 16th, and the test came back positive on the morning of the 17th, after which she was isolated at Chonnam National University Hospital.

After Ms. A was confirmed positive, her close contact, her husband Mr. B, was also tested for COVID-19 and received a positive result in the afternoon of the same day.

The daughter who traveled to Spain reportedly tested negative.

The Gwangju city government and health authorities are focusing on identifying additional movement paths and contacts of Ms. A and Mr. B.

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