20-Year-Old Seodaemun Resident Confirmed COVID-19 Positive After Visiting Itaewon Club

Yongin City Patient No. 66 Infected Despite Visiting Places Not Included in the 5 Locations... District Mayor Moon Seok-jin: "Club Gatherings Must Remain Prohibited Until COVID-19 Transmission Risk Is Significantly Reduced"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) announced on the 11th that a 20-year-old male resident who visited a club in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, tested positive for COVID-19.

The confirmed case, residing in Hongje 1-dong, visited Club Made (221 Itaewon-ro) on the 2nd of this month and, while asymptomatic, went to the Seodaemun-gu Public Health Center screening clinic on the 10th for testing.

On the following day, the 11th, around 8 a.m., he was confirmed positive and was transferred around 2 p.m. to Seobuk Hospital in Eunpyeong-gu.

The Seodaemun-gu Public Health Center conducted disinfection around the confirmed patient's residence and plans to investigate his movement path and disclose it on the district's homepage.

They also informed Yongsan-gu, where the visited location is situated, of this fact.

The place visited by this Seodaemun-gu confirmed patient is not included among the five clubs and pubs in the Itaewon area that patient number 66 from Yongin City visited from the night of the 1st to the early morning of the 2nd.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, emphasized, "In addition to the five places visited by Yongin City patient number 66, a thorough investigation of COVID-19 infection status must be conducted for all visitors to clubs and pubs in the Itaewon area during the early May holiday period."

He also stated, "The administrative order banning gatherings at clubs should continue until it is judged that the possibility of COVID-19 transmission has been significantly blocked."

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