Second Confirmed Case from 'Itaewon Club' in Daegu... Woman Who Visited Coin Karaoke Room

Daegu City Extends 2-Week Gathering Ban Order for Entertainment Bars, Colatec, and Coin Karaoke Rooms

Mayor Kwon Young-jin giving a briefing on the 24th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] The second confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) linked to the Itaewon clubs has emerged in Daegu.

This confirmed case, presumed to be a third-generation infection related to the Itaewon clubs in Seoul, is believed to have visited the coin karaoke room at a similar time as the first confirmed university student case, raising further concerns about additional infections.

On the 24th, Daegu City held a briefing and announced that a 19-year-old woman living in Dalseong-gun tested positive for COVID-19. It was confirmed that she visited the coin karaoke practice room "Gonggiban Soriban" in Igok-dong, Dalseo-gu, between 11 PM and midnight on the 11th.

This establishment was also visited by A, a 19-year-old university student from Daegu identified as a third-generation infected person linked to the Itaewon clubs, and B, his friend from Seoul (Seoul Gwanak-gu confirmed case number 55), with overlapping visiting times. With this, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases related to the Itaewon clubs in Daegu has increased to two.

Based on epidemiological investigations of A and B, Daegu City has conducted diagnostic tests on 152 people so far, and on the 23rd, it was confirmed that two more people were infected, including a woman in her 60s living in Seongju, Gyeongbuk (A’s maternal grandmother). Since A’s maternal grandmother resides in Seongju-gun, Gyeongbuk, she was not included in Daegu City’s statistics.

Following the occurrence of additional confirmed cases on this day, Daegu City extended the two-week gathering ban order on club-type entertainment bars, emotional pubs, hunting pubs, colatecs, and coin karaoke rooms. Accordingly, the gathering ban, which was scheduled to end at midnight on the 24th, will continue from the 25th until July 7th.

Additionally, the mandatory mask-wearing policy on public transportation such as buses, taxis, urban railways, and public facilities has also been extended until June 30th.

Meanwhile, the first confirmed case in Daegu linked to the Itaewon clubs, university student A (19), is presumed to have been infected by his friend B from Seoul, who visited Daegu between the 11th and 20th. B was infected by his Seoul friend C, who tested positive after visiting the Itaewon clubs before B’s visit to Daegu, according to health authorities’ analysis.

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