Three Confirmed Cases in Daejeon Including Assembly Member Couple and Department Store Employee... Presumed Transmission from #140 Confirmed Case (Comprehensive)

COVID-19 diagnostic testing is being conducted at the autonomous district public health center screening clinic. Provided by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] On the 8th, three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Daejeon.

According to Daejeon City, a couple in their 50s living in Wonnae-dong, Yuseong-gu (#147, #148), and a man in his 20s living in Tanbang-dong, Seo-gu (#149), tested positive for COVID-19.

All of them had contact history with previously confirmed cases.

First, it was investigated that confirmed cases #147 and #148 had contact with confirmed case #140. Confirmed case #140 visited the clinic operated by #147 (located in Wonnae-dong, Yuseong-gu) on the 29th and 30th of last month, and on the 1st, 4th, and 6th of this month.

Confirmed case #148 was also found to have had contact with #140 while working together with her husband (#147) at the same clinic.

Confirmed case #149 is an employee at the Sei Department Store. Previously, the son (#143) of confirmed case #140 was the first to test positive at Sei Department Store.

The department store proactively closed the store immediately after the family member (#140) of the employee tested positive for COVID-19, without waiting for recommendations from the city or quarantine authorities.

The additional confirmed cases on this day are presumed to have been transmitted through confirmed case #140 as the link. However, the source and route of infection for confirmed case #140 have not yet been identified.

Accordingly, the city is conducting an in-depth epidemiological investigation targeting confirmed case #140.

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