A 20-Year-Old Entering the US Becomes Daejeon’s 46th Confirmed Case... "No Contacts" (Update)

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Park Hee-eun] A man in his 20s who entered the United States tested positive for COVID-19 on the 30th, resulting in one additional confirmed case in Daejeon. The total number of confirmed cases in Daejeon is now 46.

According to Daejeon City on the 31st, patient number 46 is a man in his 20s who arrived at Incheon Airport from New York, USA on the 29th, and was confirmed to be asymptomatic upon entry.

After specimen collection at the Daejeon Station screening clinic, the patient was quarantined at the Youth Training Village located in Jung-gu and was finally confirmed positive on the afternoon of the 30th.

Subsequently, at around 9:30 PM on the 30th, he was admitted to the negative pressure ward at Chungnam National University Hospital.

After specimen collection, he was quarantined in Chimsan-dong. Accordingly, city officials stated, "Since the patient was confirmed positive during quarantine, it is understood that there were no contacts."

The city disinfected the temporary quarantine facility in Chimsan-dong. Additionally, detailed information about patient number 46 will be announced through materials later that day.

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