Two New COVID-19 Cases in Gangnam-gu (American Student Abroad and Husband of UK Visitor)

23-Year-Old Male Studying in New York Returned Through Incheon Airport on the 20th...Visited Daughter's Home in London, UK · Tested Positive While Self-Isolating at Cheongdam-dong Apartment of 60-Year-Old Husband of Woman Diagnosed Positive on the 18th After Return

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] A U.S. international student who was excluded from the full inspection at Incheon International Airport quarantine station tested positive again on the 24th, and the husband of a confirmed case who visited the UK also tested positive, increasing the total number of confirmed cases residing in Gangnam-gu to 19.

A 23-year-old male studying in New York, USA, returned home through Incheon Airport on the 20th and has been living at his home in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu. After returning, he showed symptoms of loss of appetite and decreased sense of smell, and tested positive after specimen testing at Samsung Seoul Hospital on the 23rd.

Also, the 60-year-old husband of a woman who visited her daughter's home in London, UK, and tested positive on the 18th after returning, experienced a high fever of 38.1℃, stiffness, and heaviness in his back while self-isolating in his apartment in Cheongdam-dong starting from the 22nd. He tested positive on the morning of the 24th after specimen testing at Gangnam-gu Public Health Center on the 23rd.

Gangnam-gu revealed through epidemiological investigation that the confirmed U.S. international student boarded Korean Air flight KE-082 from New York on the 19th at 1 PM, seat 36F, and returned home. The quarantine station at Incheon Airport was notified, and disinfection was carried out at Lotte Department Store Gangnam Branch New Building and Main Building, as well as Lotte Hi-Mart Daechi Branch in Daechi-dong, which were identified as the student’s movement locations. These two stores were closed for one day, and two contacts were placed under self-quarantine.

Jung Soon-gyun, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, said, "Since positive cases among U.S. arrivals excluded from the full inspection at Incheon Airport quarantine station have been occurring continuously, we ask those who have returned from the U.S. since the 10th to self-quarantine for two weeks. We also request symptomatic individuals to visit Gangnam-gu Public Health Center, Samsung Seoul Hospital, or Gangnam Severance Hospital for specimen testing."

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