Daejeon Direct Sales COVID-19 Cases Rise to 71... Yeoksam Cluster Infection, Suspected Direct Sales Link (Update)

Central Disease Control Headquarters Regular Briefing
13 Additional Cases in Daejeon Door-to-Door Sales...Cumulative 71 Cases
7 Cases Cluster Infection in Yeoksam Also Suspected Related to Door-to-Door Sales

On the afternoon of the 21st, an official from Jung-gu Office in Daejeon is conducting disinfection at a multi-level marketing company in Oryu-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] On the 25th, 13 additional COVID-19 patients related to door-to-door sales companies in Seo-gu, Daejeon, were confirmed.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced that the cumulative number of confirmed cases at four door-to-door sales companies in the Seo-gu area of Daejeon increased to 71 as of noon that day. Among them, 35 people directly visited the facilities of the companies, and 36 were infected through secondary or subsequent contacts. By region, Daejeon had the highest number with 51 cases, followed by Chungnam with 9, Seoul with 5, Jeonbuk and Sejong with 2 each, and Gwangju and Gyeonggi with 1 each.

A cluster infection of 7 confirmed cases was also identified in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Following 3 cases the previous day, 4 additional cases were confirmed on this day. The health authorities are estimating that this is related to door-to-door sales companies, which have been the source of large-scale cluster infections, but the direct causal relationship is still under further investigation.

At a briefing on the same day, Kwak Jin, head of the Patient Management Team at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, said, "It has been confirmed that there was a small-scale meeting at the office of the door-to-door sales company," adding, "So far, cluster infections related to door-to-door sales have occurred during sales events or training sessions involving many people, but this does not seem to be of that nature."

Among the 7 confirmed cases, 5 visited the office, and the remaining 2 are presumed to have been infected through contact with those who visited. It was also found that the patients who were infected after visiting did not visit the same place at the same time.

Additionally, related to the Coupang Deokpyeong Logistics Center in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, one employee and one family member were newly confirmed. Diagnostic tests are being conducted on 189 contacts. No additional confirmed cases related to the Russian vessel were reported as of noon that day.

Meanwhile, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced that one overseas-imported patient previously classified as arriving from China was reclassified as arriving from Iraq. They added that there was an error during the input of patient information the previous day.

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