30 COVID-19 Cases at Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center in Incheon... 1,459 Tested Including Part-Time Workers (Comprehensive)

On the 27th, when COVID-19 cases surged at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center, health officials conducted a specimen test on a citizen at a screening clinic set up in the outdoor parking lot of the Bucheon Sports Complex in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] As of the 27th, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) related to the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center has reached a total of 30 in Incheon alone. However, since there are more than 1,400 residents of Incheon working at this logistics center, there is a high possibility of additional confirmed cases.

According to Incheon City, starting with A (38, male, Incheon confirmed case No. 147), a Bucheon resident who was confirmed positive on the 25th, the number has increased to 30 as of 3 p.m. on the same day. Among them, 22 are workers at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center, and 8 are their family members or close contacts.

There are 15 residents from Bupyeong-gu, the highest number, followed by 11 from Gyeyang-gu and 2 from Yeonsu-gu. One resident from Gangseo-gu, Seoul, and one resident from Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, who were tested for COVID-19 in Incheon, are also included in Incheon City's statistics.

Incheon City did not include B (43, female, Incheon confirmed case No. 142), the first confirmed case among Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center workers on the 23rd, and her 17-year-old son in the Coupang-related confirmed cases.

B had visited the Raon Party buffet restaurant in Bucheon on the 9th to attend a first birthday party of an acquaintance's family, so the infection route was classified as the birthday party restaurant, not the Coupang logistics center.

Incheon City has identified that among the 4,015 people subject to diagnostic testing, including regular workers at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center, 1,459 are residents of Incheon. These include workers, part-time employees, subcontractors, and interviewees at the Coupang logistics center from the 12th to the 24th.

The city is conducting specimen tests on them, and as of the afternoon of the same day, 30 tested positive, 942 tested negative, and 354 tests are still in progress.

The city has reinforced nine medical personnel at the health centers in Bupyeong-gu and Gyeyang-gu, where the number of people to be tested is large, and is guiding Incheon residents working at the logistics center and their contacts to get tested promptly regardless of symptoms.

Furthermore, through detailed epidemiological investigations of confirmed cases to trace their movements, the city plans to conduct disinfection and test additional contacts.

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