COVID-19 'Confirmed Cases' Occur at Chosun University Hospital... Partial Ward Closure

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] A patient hospitalized in a university hospital tested positive for COVID-19. The hospital closed the ward where the patient was admitted and took immediate measures targeting the medical staff and patients who had access to the ward.

According to Chosun University Hospital on the 2nd, a woman in her 60s, Ms. A, who was admitted to Ward 52 around 1 p.m. on the 30th of last month for surgery, was classified as a contact of Gwangju case number 46 and was contacted by the public health center.

On the following day, the 1st, after undergoing a COVID-19 test at the Chosun University Hospital screening clinic, her surgery schedule was canceled and she was immediately placed under home quarantine.

Around 6 p.m., she received a positive test result and was isolated and admitted to a negative pressure isolation room at Chosun University Hospital between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Accordingly, Chosun University Hospital reported to Gwangju Metropolitan City, closed the 5th floor Ward 52, and conducted COVID-19 tests on 45 medical staff who had accessed the ward, all of whom tested negative.

Additionally, urgent disinfection was carried out in the room where Ms. A was admitted and along her main movement paths, and patient movement throughout the entire ward was restricted as part of swift emergency measures.

Furthermore, Chosun University Hospital plans to actively cooperate with Gwangju City, which has raised its social distancing level to Stage 2, to respond proactively to any additional emergency situations.

Meanwhile, since February, Chosun University Hospital has been conducting questionnaire forms and fever checks at the screening clinic and plans to further tighten restrictions on all hospital visitors to prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19, especially the ‘Nth generation infections’ rapidly spreading in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions.

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