Daejeon City Requests Police Investigation into Multi-Level Marketing Businesses and Others

Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong is conducting a non-face-to-face online briefing at Daejeon City Hall. Photo by Daejeon City.

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Daejeon city government plans to request a police investigation to determine whether there are any illegal or unlawful activities at the multi-level marketing sales establishments (such as Orange Town in Goejeong-dong, Seo-gu), which are suspected to be the epicenter of the 'n-th generation infection' spread.

According to the city on the 23rd, as of 10 a.m. that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) reached a total of 90, with 44 people testing positive between the 15th and 23rd.

The newly confirmed cases during this period are mainly presumed by health authorities to have been infected through connections to the multi-level marketing sales establishments located in Orange Town, Goejeong-dong, Seo-gu.

In particular, the infection route, which initially spread mainly among those related to the multi-level marketing sales establishments and their acquaintances, is now expanding to so-called 'n-th generation infections,' with secondary and tertiary infections occurring among people who had simple contact with confirmed cases at multi-use facilities such as Dunsan Electronics Town in Tanbang-dong, Seo-gu; Wellbeing Sauna in Sajung-dong, Jung-gu; and Gyeongha Hot Spring Sauna in Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu.

Accordingly, the city plans to request a police investigation focusing on the multi-level marketing sales establishments, which have emerged as major outbreak sites, while promoting joint use of hospital beds and cooperative quarantine efforts within the region through an organic cooperation system with the Chungcheong area adjacent to Daejeon.

Meanwhile, the city confirmed that a recent COVID-19 patient (#2) from Gongju worked at the Daejeon Land Corporation call center in Dunsan-dong from the 15th to the 17th. The facility was disinfected and closed, and all 49 employees working at the call center were placed under self-quarantine.

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