Mother of Bucheon 20s COVID-19 Patient Who Visited Itaewon Club Also Tests Positive (Update)

On the afternoon of the 10th, a notice related to the 'Gathering Ban Order' is posted in front of a club in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had visited. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] The mother of a man in his 20s living in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 after visiting a club in Itaewon, Seoul, has also tested positive.

On the 11th, Jang Deokcheon, mayor of Bucheon, announced on his Facebook post that B (54), the mother of the city's 76th COVID-19 confirmed patient A (24, male), was diagnosed with the virus.

According to Bucheon City, A is identified as an employee at a restaurant inside a department store in the Middle East. He visited the Itaewon club, where a COVID-19 cluster infection occurred on the 3rd of this month, and was confirmed positive on the 10th.

B, who lives alone with A, underwent testing due to concerns about family transmission after A was diagnosed and was confirmed positive. She is currently being transferred to and treated at Seongnam Medical Center.

Bucheon City believes B was infected by A, and is disinfecting their home while investigating B’s movements and contacts.

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