3 Additional COVID-19 Cases in Daejeon '16 in Three Days'... Multi-Level Marketing Business as the Link

Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong is announcing the status and measures of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the region at Daejeon City Hall on the 18th. Photo by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Daejeon has increased by three. The cumulative number of confirmed cases over the past three days is 16. During this period, the confirmed cases show a pattern of spreading linked to a local multi-level marketing (MLM) business.

According to Daejeon City on the 18th, one man in his 50s (#60, residing in Yuseong-gu) and two women in their 60s (#61-62, residing in Goejeong-dong, Seo-gu and Wonsinheng-dong, Yuseong-gu) were confirmed positive for COVID-19 the previous evening.

All of these confirmed cases are presumed to have been infected through patient #50 (a woman in her 40s residing in Boksu-dong, Seo-gu).

Patient #50 is an acquaintance of patient #49 (a woman in her 60s residing in Boksu-dong, Seo-gu), who was confirmed positive on the 16th when the cluster infection began. It has been identified that on the 10th, patient #50 came into contact with patient #49 at the office and restaurant of the MLM business located in Goejeong-dong, Seo-gu.

Between the 16th and 18th, the total number of people confirmed positive after contact with patients #49 and #50 has increased to 13.

Based on this, the city regards the MLM business located in Goejeong-dong, Seo-gu as the epicenter of this COVID-19 cluster infection.

Accordingly, the city plans to conduct a full-scale survey of MLM businesses in the area and issue an administrative order banning gatherings for two weeks.

A city official stated, “Some of the confirmed cases claim that they are not related to the MLM business (they are not employed there),” but added, “However, during the investigation of people around the confirmed cases, it has been found that there is a connection to the MLM business.”

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