Yongsan-gu Reports 6th COVID-19 Case (50s American Resident of Ichon 1-dong)

50s Male Resident of Ichon 1-dong (American) Confirmed Positive at 7 AM on 23rd... Traveled to the US from 4th to 21st... Scheduled for Isolation Admission at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (District Mayor Seongjang Hyun) has reported its 6th confirmed case of COVID-19.

The confirmed patient is a man in his 50s residing in Ichon 1-dong (American), who received the final positive diagnosis at 7 a.m. on the 23rd. He stayed in the United States (traveling) from the 4th to the 21st and showed symptoms of headache and fever on the 22nd, leading him to undergo a COVID-19 test at the screening clinic of Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital. He is scheduled to be isolated and admitted to the same hospital in the afternoon of the 23rd.

The main movement routes are as follows.

▣ March 21 (Saturday)

- 16:30: Arrived at Incheon Airport

- 17:00: Took a taxi to home (wearing a mask)

▣ March 22 (Sunday)

- 11:00: First test at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital screening clinic (used private car)

- 21:00: Second test at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital screening clinic (used private car)

▣ March 23 (Monday): Home

※ Based on the patient's first self-report; details may be further specified following epidemiological investigation.

The district is conducting disinfection around the patient's residence and will identify contacts to guide them into self-quarantine.

Seongjang Hyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, "Residents are urged to avoid unnecessary outings and strictly follow personal hygiene rules such as handwashing."

Meanwhile, the district clarified that news circulating in some media about the 6th confirmed patient in Yongsan-gu being a 24-year-old woman from Ichon 1-dong is "not true."

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