One Caregiver Confirmed COVID-19 Positive at Icheon Hanna Green Hill Nursing Home... Nursing Home Closed (Update)
Gyeonggi Icheon Hannagreenhill Nursing Home Caregiver Tests Positive for COVID-19
Nursing Home Facility Closed...All Residents and Staff Undergo COVID-19 Testing
Amid restrictions on visitations at nursing hospitals to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Ison Nursing Hospital, located in Samnam-myeon, Ulju-gun, Ulsan City, announced on May 7 that it has installed and is operating a non-contact safe visitation room for patients and their guardians. The photo shows a patient and a guardian conversing face-to-face with a plastic barrier between them in the safe visitation room at Ison Nursing Hospital. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. / Photo by Yonhap News
View original image[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Seulgi Kim] A caregiver at Hanna Green Hill Nursing Home located in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Consequently, health authorities have closed the Hanna Green Hill Nursing Home facility.
On the 11th, Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province announced that caregiver A (60 years old, from Hobup-myeon, Icheon City) at Hanna Green Hill Nursing Home in Chojiri, Daewol-myeon, tested positive for COVID-19.
It was confirmed that A showed symptoms of fever and cough on the 9th and underwent a COVID-19 test at Gyeonggi Medical Center Icheon Hospital on the 10th.
Health authorities are currently investigating A’s infection route, movements, and contacts.
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Additionally, the Hanna Green Hill Nursing Home facility has been closed, and plans are underway to conduct comprehensive COVID-19 testing for 68 residents and about 60 staff members, including caregivers.
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