A Resident in Their 30s in Anyang Tests Positive for COVID-19... Contact of Yongin Patient No. 66 (Update)

Positive Test Result from Specimen Collection in Asymptomatic State

COVID-19 Screening Clinic / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon, Intern Reporter Lim Joo-hyung] A man in his 30s residing in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). This man was identified as a contact of a 29-year-old office worker living in Yongin City who tested positive the day before.

Anyang City announced on the 7th that Mr. A (31), residing in Pyeongchon-dong, Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, was confirmed positive. Mr. A was notified of the positive result from a test conducted after collecting a specimen while he was asymptomatic.

Anyang City transferred Mr. A to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital and is investigating Mr. A’s movements and detailed infection route together with epidemiologists.

Additionally, disinfection near his residence has been completed, and diagnostic tests are being conducted on Mr. A’s close contacts, his parents, who are under self-quarantine.

Meanwhile, Mr. A is the 23rd confirmed case in Anyang City. After a female overseas entrant residing in Bakdal 1-dong was confirmed as the 22nd case on the 27th of last month, no new cases had been reported in Anyang City for ten days.

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