Jeonnam Province Reports 19th COVID-19 Case: Woman in Her 50s Arriving from Russia

The 11th Overseas Arrival Patient in the Province... No Symptoms Present

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The 19th confirmed case of COVID-19 in Jeonnam has been reported, prompting Jeonnam Province and health authorities to once again pledge thorough quarantine measures.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 30th, the confirmed patient is a Korean woman in her 50s who entered the country from Russia. She had been on a dispatch assignment in Russia since February and returned on the 28th after COVID-19 spread recently in Russia.

The movement route of this woman in her 50s was from Vladivostok Airport in Russia to Incheon International Airport, then from Gwangmyeong Station she used the KTX special car designated for overseas arrivals to enter a temporary testing facility operated by Jeollanam-do.

Jeonnam Health and Environment Research Institute conducted a COVID-19 diagnostic test, and on the evening of the 29th, she was finally confirmed positive. She is currently hospitalized in a negative pressure room at Gangjin Medical Center and is reported to have no significant symptoms yet.

So far, eight people identified as contacts have tested negative, including her younger sibling and five coworkers (residing in Seoul, Busan, Suwon, etc.) who work at the same company and arrived together, as well as two other overseas arrivals who shared the ride from Gwangmyeong Station to the testing facility. The contacts have been notified to the local health centers and are under self-quarantine.

It was investigated that there is no connection with the 32nd confirmed case in Gwangju, who was on the same flight and KTX from Russia.

Governor Kim Young-rok stated, “We will do our best to block infection chains in the community, including mandatory diagnostic testing for visitors to logistics centers currently spreading in the metropolitan area, as well as overseas inflows.”

Meanwhile, administrative orders for diagnostic testing have been issued until the 5th of next month for visitors to Coupang logistics centers in Bucheon and Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, and the Hyundai Green Food Gyeongin Center in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province.

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