Anyang City "Report Users of Smoking Rooms at Beomgye Coffee Shops on the 17th"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] On the 21st, Anyang City in Gyeonggi Province requested that users who showed symptoms and used the smoking room at the popular coffee shop Beomgye Branch between 2:18 PM and 3:37 PM on the 17th in relation to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) contact the Dongan-gu Public Health Center (031-8045-4490).

Anyang City confirmed that confirmed patients Anyang No. 27 (27 years old, male, resident of Hogye 2-dong) and No. 28 (25 years old, male, resident of Hogye 3-dong), who were diagnosed on the 19th, visited this location during the specified time, raising concerns about droplet transmission infection. The city health authorities plan to conduct diagnostic tests on people who used the smoking room during that time.

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Looking at the movements of the two confirmed patients disclosed by Anyang City for the two days prior to their diagnosis, patient No. 27 visited the popular coffee shop Beomgye Branch on the afternoon of the 17th, then took a taxi from Beomgye Station to Anyang Station around 3:50 PM. Afterwards, he visited a Japanese-style pub in Anyang 1st Street from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM, and on the 18th, he took the subway at 6:25 AM to Jongno 3-ga Station and spent time in another area.

Similarly, patient No. 28 visited the same coffee shop Beomgye Branch on the afternoon of the 17th, then took a taxi to Anyang 1st Street around 4:05 PM and stayed at the Japanese-style pub until 10:37 PM.

During this process, patient No. 27 is known to have contacted 8 people including a taxi driver, one family member, and coffee shop staff, while patient No. 28 contacted 7 people including a taxi driver and coffee shop staff. According to city health authorities, these individuals were found to have had contact with Yongin patient No. 73 at Jakuwa on the afternoon of the 17th.

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