Seodaemun-gu Indian International Student Tests Positive for COVID-19... Seoul Cases Reach 634
Foreign Woman in Her 20s Returning from India Tests Positive
One Additional Case Confirmed in Seoul After Ten Days
[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Seoul has increased by one to 634.
According to Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, on the 30th, a 28-year-old Indian woman who arrived at Incheon Airport on a flight from Mumbai, India, was confirmed to have COVID-19.
This international student attending a university located in Seodaemun-gu entered the country at 6:30 a.m. on the 29th, took a taxi designated for overseas arrivals, and went to the Seodaemun-gu screening clinic for specimen collection. At that time, the patient was asymptomatic.
After returning home, she self-quarantined at her residence in Yeonhui-dong, and on the morning of the 30th at around 7 a.m., she was notified of a positive test result. She was transferred to Seonam Hospital at 1 p.m. on the 30th.
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She is the 19th confirmed case in Seodaemun-gu and a new patient not included in the cumulative 633 confirmed cases counted by Seoul City as of 10 a.m. on the 30th. Based on the date of confirmation, it was tentatively counted that there were zero new domestic infection cases in Seoul for ten consecutive days from the 20th to the 29th.
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