57-Year-Old Woman Living in Geumcheon-gu Doksan 3-dong Confirmed with COVID-19

Employees working at a restaurant in Gwanak-gu visited by confirmed Richway-related cases

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yuseonghun) announced on the 15th that the 29th confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has occurred.

The 29th confirmed case is a 57-year-old woman, Ms. A, who is known to live with two family members in Doksan 3-dong.

Ms. A is an employee at a restaurant visited by multiple confirmed cases related to Richway, a health product sales company in Gwanak-gu. She began showing symptoms on the 10th, tested negative in the first test conducted the same day, was retested on the 13th, and received a final positive result in the third test on the 14th.

The district transferred Ms. A to a nationally designated hospital on the same day, plans to conduct intensive disinfection around her residence, and will implement self-quarantine measures and testing for her cohabiting family members.

Yuseonghun, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “We will strengthen quarantine measures in blind spots by preparing facility-specific disinfection plans and concentrate all administrative capabilities to respond to additional infection damage,” and added, “To overcome this national crisis, although it is difficult and challenging, we ask all residents to join forces together.”

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