30 COVID-19 Cases Clustered at Gwangju Geumyang Building...Total 49 Linked to Gwangneuksa Temple (Update)

COVID-19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Regular Briefing
Cluster Outbreaks at Geumyang Building, Jeju Travel, Sarang Church, Silver Center, etc.
8 Additional Confirmed Cases Including Gym Related to Uijeongbu Apartment

On the morning of the 2nd, medical staff are conducting tests for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at the screening clinic of Buk-gu Public Health Center in Gwangju. In Gwangju, COVID-19 confirmed cases have been reported daily due to the spread of community infection.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Dae-yeol] Thirty new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were identified at Geumyang Building in Gwangju. These cases are linked to the cluster outbreak at Gwangnyeoksa Temple, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in this cluster to 49.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, as of noon on the day, the cumulative number of cases related to Gwangnyeoksa Temple is 12, including 14 cases at Geumyang Building, 6 cases from a traveler group to Jeju Island, 13 cases at Gwangju Sarang Church, 3 cases at CCC Agape Silver Center, and 1 case at Hanul Nursing Home, totaling 49 confirmed cases. After the first patient was identified at Gwangnyeoksa Temple on the 27th, epidemiological investigations traced patients who had visited Geumyang Building. Subsequently, visitors to this building transmitted the virus to churches, workplaces, and other locations, resulting in additional cases.

Some patients visited these facilities directly, while many others were infected later through family members. All three confirmed cases at the Silver Center are residents, and the confirmed case at the nursing home is a caregiver.

In an apartment complex in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, a patient is suspected to have been infected at a gym visited before being confirmed positive. Two individuals were directly infected at the gym, and three more were infected through subsequent contacts. Additionally, three residents of the apartment were confirmed infected. The total number of confirmed cases related to this apartment increased by eight from the previous day, reaching 14.

Furthermore, one additional confirmed case was reported related to Wangseong Church in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, bringing the cumulative total to 33. Seven family members in Gwanak-gu tested positive, and among them is an elementary school student in Dongjak-gu. Testing is being conducted for all sixth-grade students and 180 staff members at the school. In the case of Cheondong Elementary School in Daejeon, which is presumed to be the first case of in-school transmission, no additional confirmed cases were found after testing 308 students, staff, and academy contacts following the identification of a patient the previous day.

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