Confirmed: Son Diagnosed 2 Weeks After Caring for Father at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital (Update)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Another confirmed case has emerged at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, where a cluster of COVID-19 infections occurred.

On the 8th, Seongbuk District Office in Seoul announced that a 47-year-old man who cared for his father at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient, residing in Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu, cared for his father in the emergency room and the 8th-floor inpatient ward of Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital from the 18th to the 23rd of last month, and then stayed at home. While staying at home, he showed no symptoms of COVID-19 and visited medical institutions, pharmacies, and marts in Jeongneung-dong 1 to 3 times.

However, on April 4th, when his father, who was still hospitalized at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19, he began self-quarantine. After being tested at the health center on the 6th, he was confirmed positive the next day. On the 7th, the patient was immediately transferred to the Nuclear Hospital and began inpatient treatment.

The Seongbuk District Office added that the patient's mother, who lives with him at home, tested negative.

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