50s on Overseas Business Trip in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk Confirmed with 'COVID-19' During Self-Quarantine

Continuous Occurrence of Imported Cases Within 2-3 Days Since the 20th

At the COVID-19 screening clinic of the Gwanak-gu Public Health Center in Seoul, where Wangseong Church, a site of a COVID-19 cluster infection, is located, a medical staff member is collecting specimens from visitors on the 29th.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Cases of overseas-imported COVID-19 infections are continuing in Gyeongsangbuk-do.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 30th, a 50-year-old man who returned from working overseas in Tanzania tested positive for COVID-19 on the 29th in Gyeongsan-si during a test for release from self-quarantine. This man went to Tanzania in February and returned through Incheon Airport on the 18th, four months later, and tested negative at the airport quarantine station at that time.

Accordingly, as of 0:00 on that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk area increased to 1,347. The number of recovered patients is 1,282, and the number of deaths remains at 58.

Meanwhile, in Gyeongbuk Province, a 20-year-old Pakistani man who was in self-quarantine in Chilgok-gun tested positive the day before after three days. This man tested negative in the first quarantine station test on the 16th but was confirmed infected in the test taken before release from self-quarantine.

On the 24th and 26th, a 38-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son who entered from Kazakhstan were confirmed as COVID-19 infected in Gyeongju-si. Earlier, on the 22nd and 20th, one Bangladeshi person in Gyeongsan and Goryeong respectively tested positive consecutively. The confirmed case (overseas-imported case) on the 20th was the first in 14 days.

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