One Additional COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Gwangju Area... Qatar Arrivals

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] One additional confirmed case of 'COVID-19' has been reported in Gwangju Metropolitan City. The patient is a woman in her 20s who recently arrived from Qatar, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Gwangju area to 27.

According to Gwangju City and health authorities on the 5th, A (23, female), residing in Seo-gu, Gwangju, tested positive for COVID-19 the day before.

A arrived in Korea from Qatar through Incheon International Airport around 4 p.m. on the 3rd. Following special entry procedures according to the overseas entrant response guidelines, she took the KTX around 10:40 p.m. and arrived at Gwangju Songjeok Station at 12:20 a.m. on the 4th.

While under self-quarantine, A took her father's car around 3 p.m. to visit the screening clinic at Seo-gu Public Health Center in Gwangju, where a specimen was collected. She was confirmed positive around 10 p.m. and is currently receiving treatment at Bitgoeul Jeonnam National University Hospital.

Gwangju City and health authorities are conducting an epidemiological investigation of A and testing cohabitants for possible infection.

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