"If Your Route Overlaps with Bucheon Raon Party, Coupang Logistics Center, or Daeyang Oncheon Land, Get Tested"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has urged residents who visited Bucheon Raon Party, Coupang logistics center, and Daeyang Oncheon Land to promptly get tested regardless of symptoms if their movements overlapped with confirmed cases.

Lee Hee-young, co-head of Gyeonggi Province's COVID-19 Emergency Response Team (Professor at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital Public Medical Project Group), stated at a regular briefing on the 27th, "Although the infection that started at the Itaewon clubs has not spread into a large-scale cluster infection, sporadic chain infections continuing in the community are ongoing."

As of midnight on the 27th, the total number of confirmed cases related to Itaewon clubs in the province remains at 59, unchanged from the previous day. Among them, 20 were confirmed cases who visited the clubs, 30 were community infection cases involving family, acquaintances, or colleagues, and 9 were related to the Bucheon Raon Party.

Regarding the Raon Party, a taxi driver who had transported an Incheon academy instructor who visited the Itaewon clubs tested positive. This taxi driver attended a first birthday party at Bucheon Raon Party as a photographer on the 10th, leading to 8 additional confirmed cases related to the party.

On the same day, a confirmed case from Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, who attended the birthday party, was linked to a restaurant named Illuorie in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, where a resident of Yongin City visited on the 13th. This person was confirmed positive on the 25th.

So far, 505 people related to the Bucheon Raon Party have been tested, with 15 testing positive.

At the Bucheon Coupang logistics center, additional confirmed cases have continued since the first confirmed case of an Incheon resident working at the center on the 23rd.

As of noon on the 27th, there are a total of 18 confirmed cases related to the center in the province.

The province identified 489 contacts based on estimated infection locations including the second-floor cafeteria and workshop, and the first-floor smoking room, placing 407 under self-quarantine and actively monitoring 82.

Additionally, the province plans to conduct mass testing on 4,015 Coupang logistics center workers and visitors in Bucheon. So far, 1,822 people, or 45.4%, have been tested.

Bucheon Daeyang Oncheon Land was visited by a confirmed case from Bucheon Fire Station on the 17th and 20th before the case was confirmed. The confirmed case stayed at the facility for about 4 hours and 30 minutes from 9:03 AM to 1:47 PM on the 17th, and about 1 hour and 30 minutes from 11:06 AM to 12:41 PM on the 20th.

Lee emphasized, "If you visited these places on the same dates and times as the confirmed case, please refrain from going out and promptly visit the nearest public health center for free diagnostic testing regardless of symptoms."

To block cluster infections in the metropolitan area, the province extended the ban on gatherings at entertainment bars, emotional bars, and colatecs in the province, which was initially issued on the 10th, until the 7th of next month.

Furthermore, a ban on gatherings was also imposed from the 23rd of this month to the 7th of next month on 2,629 karaoke rooms and coin karaoke establishments in the province.

The province is continuously monitoring compliance with quarantine measures through a joint inspection team composed of 624 officials from 35 teams of provincial and city/county government employees.

So far, on-site inspections have been conducted at 7,462 entertainment bars, emotional bars, and colatecs in the province, excluding those that have closed or changed business types, resulting in the prosecution of 13 facilities for non-compliance with administrative orders.

Meanwhile, as of midnight on the 27th, the total number of confirmed cases in Gyeonggi Province is 774, an increase of 5 from midnight the previous day.

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