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

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

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[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.



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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