'COVID-19 Special Disaster Zone' Spring Days in Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongbuk... All Confirmed Cases Fully Recovered

No Confirmed Cases for 71 Days Since March 14

Lee Seung-yul, Cheongdo County Governor, and staff participating in the 'Thanks to Challenge,' performing sign language gestures meaning 'respect' and 'pride' for medical personnel and workers nationwide, in the front yard of the county office on May 1.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, which was declared a special disaster zone due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), has regained its reputation as a clean area as all local confirmed cases have been declared fully recovered and discharged.

According to Cheongdo-gun on the 24th, all COVID-19 confirmed patients were declared fully recovered and discharged on the 21st. As a result, Cheongdo-gun recorded zero confirmed cases 93 days after the first confirmed case on February 19.

A total of 142 people were confirmed positive in Cheongdo. Among them, 13 people with underlying conditions such as chronic bronchitis and bile duct cancer passed away.

In Cheongdo-gun, after the first confirmed case, cluster infections centered around Daenam Hospital emerged, and on March 15, along with Daegu City and Gyeongsangbuk-do Gyeongsan, it was declared a special disaster zone. No confirmed cases have been reported in Cheongdo-gun for 71 days since March 14.

County Governor Lee Seung-yul said, "Although all confirmed patients have fully recovered and no new cases have occurred for 71 days, we will maintain the quarantine system and strictly adhere to social distancing in daily life to prevent the recurrence of COVID-19."

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