[Breaking] Additional Cases Confirmed at Gangnam Akbari Pub... Visitors on Early Mornings of 9-10 and 20th Urged to Get Tested

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Five additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported at the Gangnam Station Akbari Pub in Seoul.

Seocho District Office in Seoul announced on the 23rd that "five additional confirmed COVID-19 cases (2 employees, 3 customers) related to the Gangnam Station Akbari Pub have been identified." Previously, A (30, female), a nurse at Samsung Seoul Hospital who was asymptomatic, held a gathering with five acquaintances at the Akbari Pub on May 9-10. A and two others who attended the gathering?a female employee of the Seosan Taean branch of the National Health Insurance Service in Chungnam and a 34-year-old male resident of Anyang, Gyeonggi?tested positive.

The two confirmed cases are a 56-year-old woman from Seocho-gu and a 56-year-old woman from Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi.

The district office urged, "If you visited the Gangnam Station Akbari Pub between the early hours of May 9-10 or on May 20, please get tested for COVID-19 regardless of symptoms." They also explained, "A full investigation was immediately conducted on all 14 employees who worked at the pub, and except for the two confirmed cases, all others tested negative."

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