Two More COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Daejeon... Health Authorities on Alert Over 'Kkamkkami' Cases

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Daejeon.

According to Daejeon City on the 29th, as of 10 a.m. that day, two new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Daejeon, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 113 (including 15 overseas arrivals).

The additional confirmed cases are a woman in her 60s (#112) and a woman in her 40s (#113), both residing in Cheondong, Dong-gu, Daejeon. These confirmed patients visited screening clinics after exhibiting symptoms such as sore throat, muscle pain, chills, cough, and fever, and were diagnosed positive.

Among them, patient #112 is the wife of patient #111 (a man in his 60s) and is reported to operate a daycare center at their home in Cheondong.

Notably, the infection route of patient #111 has not yet been identified, causing concern for health authorities. This patient works as a driver for the Daejeon Foreign Language High School shuttle bus. Health authorities and the school are currently conducting COVID-19 tests on 15 students who used the vehicle driven by patient #111.

Patient #113 is known to have had contact with patient #105 (a man in his 30s from Dong-gu, Daejeon) at Panam Presbyterian Church. However, the source of infection for patient #105 is also still unknown, and as colleagues at the factory where patient #105 worked have been consecutively confirmed positive, there is growing concern about the spread of 'unknown source' confirmed cases.

The city and health authorities are currently conducting in-depth epidemiological investigations to trace contacts based on the movement paths of patients #111 and #105, whose infection sources remain unclear, to prevent further occurrence of unknown source confirmed cases.

On the other hand, confirmed cases related to multi-level marketing and door-to-door sales facilities, which were identified as the main link in the recent resurgence of COVID-19 in the Daejeon area, appear to be slowing down.

A city official stated, “Contacts of the additional confirmed cases have been prioritized for self-quarantine, and the visited facilities have been disinfected. A full investigation of contacts will also be conducted soon.”

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