One More COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Seosan After Contact with Samsung Seoul Hospital Patient

[Asia Economy (Seosan) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A man in his 20s who had contact with an employee of Samsung Seoul Hospital was confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Seosan.

According to Chungnam Province and Seosan City on the 20th, A (27), an employee of the National Health Insurance Service Seosan branch, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the same day.

A is a friend of a nurse who was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the 18th, and it is reported that the two lived together for one night and two days starting from the 9th.

After hearing the news that his friend was confirmed positive for COVID-19, A underwent a COVID-19 test at Seosan Medical Center.

After A was confirmed positive for COVID-19, the quarantine authorities disinfected the interior of the National Health Insurance Service Seosan branch building where A works, and are currently identifying and isolating about 40 branch employees and close contacts including employees of the Taean branch office, while conducting COVID-19 tests.

Previously, in Seosan, after the first confirmed case was reported at Hanwha Total Research Institute in Daesan Industrial Complex on March 9, a total of eight people were confirmed positive for COVID-19 within two days. However, no additional confirmed cases occurred after March 11. A’s confirmation is the first case in 70 days since the last confirmed case.

Meanwhile, Seosan City informed citizens through a disaster text message on the same day that A was confirmed positive for COVID-19 after contact with a confirmed case from Samsung Seoul Hospital, and that an epidemiological investigation is currently underway.

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