Suncheon City Reports Second COVID-19 Case: 40-Year-Old Man Returning from UK Assignment

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 31st through an emergency press conference that the second confirmed case of COVID-19 has occurred.

Mayor Heo Seok of Suncheon stated at the emergency press conference that a 43-year-old man, Mr. A, who returned from a dispatched assignment in the United Kingdom, was notified as confirmed positive by the Jeonnam Environment and Health Research Institute.

Mr. A entered the country through Incheon Airport on the 29th and arrived at Suncheon Station at 10:34 PM the same day using the KTX exclusive carriage for arrivals, and was guided by health center medical staff while isolated from general passengers.

The Suncheon City Health Center, tracking Mr. A’s movement route through the self-quarantine safety protection app he installed, transported him by ambulance from Suncheon Station to Suncheon Natural Recreation Forest for facility quarantine, blocking contact with the general public.

After receiving a positive notification around 10 PM on the 30th from the Jeonnam Provincial Health and Environment Research Institute, which conducted the diagnostic test, Suncheon City immediately hospitalized Mr. A at Suncheon Medical Center and carried out disinfection and sterilization of quarantine facilities including Suncheon Natural Recreation Forest and Suncheon Station.

Mayor Heo Seok said, “Now is the time to pay close attention to overseas arrivals,” and urged those arriving from abroad to voluntarily visit the health center for testing and self-quarantine before the city notifies them.

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