Pohang City Official's Family Confirmed with COVID-19... Partial Closure of Government Office

An emergency meeting held under the chairmanship of Pohang Mayor Lee Kang-deok (Photo by Pohang City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk announced that starting from the morning of the 18th, one-third of all public officials are working from home due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

On this day, Pohang City held an emergency meeting and announced that the decision was made after the spouse B (35, female) of public official A, who works on the 11th floor of the city hall on the afternoon of the 17th, was confirmed positive for COVID-19. The city is currently awaiting the test results of public official A.

The city has first ordered all public officials working on the 11th floor of the building where A works to work from home for one week and closed the entire floor for disinfection.

Also, if A tests positive, the city plans to conduct specimen tests for all employees.

B, who resides in Nam-gu, Pohang, had symptoms such as abdominal pain starting from the 12th, was tested at the Pohang Medical Center screening clinic on the 16th, and was confirmed positive on the 17th. B is currently under self-quarantine.

Lee Kang-deok, Mayor of Pohang, said, "An in-depth epidemiological investigation is underway regarding the confirmed case B," and added, "Additional investigations are being conducted on B and A to confirm the infection route for the safety of all public officials."

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