Confirmed Cases Related to Health Functional Food Door-to-Door Sales Briefing in Incheon Rise to 6

Mediator refuses to testify, location tracking used to determine movement path

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among residents of Incheon related to a health functional food door-to-door sales briefing held at a private residence in Incheon has increased to six.

Incheon City announced that A (86, female), a resident of Namdong-gu, and B (67, male), a resident of Seo-gu, tested positive for COVID-19 on the 6th.

A is the mother of a 60-year-old woman living in Namdong-gu who tested positive after attending the health functional food door-to-door sales briefing held at a private residence in Namdong-gu, Incheon, on the 26th of last month. B is the spouse of a 62-year-old woman who was confirmed positive after attending the same sales briefing.

A 50-year-old man C, a confirmed case from Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, also attended the briefing.

C, the 11th confirmed case in Gwacheon, tested positive on the 29th of last month, and it was newly revealed that four additional Incheon residents who had contact with him were confirmed positive as of the 5th.

During the epidemiological investigation, C refused to provide statements about his movements, so the quarantine authorities identified the visited households through GPS, CCTV, and vehicle inquiries.

Incheon Mayor Park Namchun stated on his SNS, "Once again, a lie has put the citizens of Incheon at risk," adding, "Due to the nature of door-to-door sales, it is expected that there was prolonged close contact for product trials or information sharing, so we are closely monitoring the occurrence of additional confirmed cases."

The mayor added, "All related districts and counties are sharing information in real time and maintaining an emergency response system to track the movements of contacts in advance," and "We will quickly identify infected individuals and isolate them from the community."

The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Incheon stands at 353 as of this morning.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.