9 Additional COVID-19 Cases in Incheon Including Coupang Workers and Elementary School Teachers... Baekseok Elementary School Suspends Attendance

An official is guiding a citizen at the screening clinic set up at Gyeyang-gu Public Health Center in Incheon.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] In Incheon, nine additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been reported, including a worker at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center and an elementary school teacher.

According to Incheon City on the 29th, the newly confirmed cases as of the morning include A (24, female), a worker at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center, five contacts of patient number 188 who is a real estate agent, two contacts of patient number 127 who is a home tutor, and one visitor to a sauna where confirmed cases occurred, totaling nine people.

Ms. A worked part-time at the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center and tested negative in the first test on the 25th, but tested positive in the second test on the 28th and was urgently transferred to Incheon Medical Center.

Additionally, the husband (56), daughter (23), and sister-in-law (53) of patient number 188, as well as a female colleague (54) at the real estate agency and her daughter (23), also tested positive and were transferred to Incheon Medical Center.

Furthermore, two male students (8 and 12 years old) of the home tutor, who was infected through an academy instructor, tested positive and were transferred to Inha University Hospital and Incheon Medical Center, respectively. In addition, the 26-year-old daughter of a confirmed patient who was infected after visiting a sauna in Gyeyang-gu where cases occurred also tested positive.

Among the confirmed cases today, the 23-year-old daughter of the real estate agency colleague is a teacher at Baekseok Elementary School in Incheon, leading to the suspension of attendance at the school and its attached kindergarten. The school had started in-person classes for first and second graders on the 27th but planned to conduct remote classes on this day.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Coupang Bucheon Logistics Center in Incheon has increased to 40 as of this morning. The total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Incheon is 203.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.