Geumcheon-gu Reports 14th Confirmed COVID-19 Case

63-Year-Old Man Living Alone in Doksan 4-dong... Contact of Seongdong-gu Patient No. 23 Confirmed on the 24th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced on the 26th that the 14th confirmed case of COVID-19 has occurred.

The 14th confirmed case is a 63-year-old male, Mr. A, who lives alone in Doksan 4-dong. Mr. A was identified as a contact of the 23rd confirmed case in Seongdong-gu, who was diagnosed positive on the 24th.

Mr. A experienced muscle pain and flu-like symptoms starting from the 23rd, and on the 25th at around 1:30 PM, he was tested at the Geumcheon-gu screening clinic. He received a final positive diagnosis on the morning of the 26th and is scheduled to be transferred to a government-designated hospital that afternoon.

Mr. A works at a company located in Gasan-dong, Geumcheon-gu, and it is known that he has not gone to work since the 15th.

After transferring the confirmed patient, the district dispatched a disinfection team to conduct intensive disinfection around the residence area in Doksan 4-dong. The confirmed patient's movement path will be promptly disclosed through the district website and SNS as soon as it is identified.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the district is 14, with cases 1 through 12 having fully recovered.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “We will promptly disclose the confirmed patient's movement path as soon as the accurate epidemiological investigation results are available. As the cluster infection originating from Itaewon clubs is spreading uncontrollably, we ask all residents to strictly follow the government's daily quarantine guidelines, including social distancing in daily life.”

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