Four More Confirmed Cases in Daejeon... Daejeon Total Cases Rise to 150

On the 8th, a citizen is receiving a test at an outdoor specimen collection booth installed in front of the COVID-19 screening clinic at Gwangjin-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] On the 8th, the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was reported at the Government Daejeon Complex. On the same day, with four additional cases in Daejeon, the total number of confirmed cases in the region rose to 150.

According to Daejeon City, a man in his 40s living in Yuseong-gu (the 150th confirmed case) showed symptoms such as fever on the 6th, underwent testing, and was confirmed positive on the 8th. This man works on the 6th floor of the Public Procurement Service located in Building 3 of the Government Daejeon Complex.

Colleagues numbering 18 who work in the same department are currently under self-quarantine and being tested. All employees working on the 6th floor were sent home in the morning. Those among them who develop symptoms will undergo testing.

The 150th confirmed case went camping at Chilgapsan Auto Camping Site in Cheongyang-gun, Chungnam Province, from the 3rd to the 5th, and showed fever symptoms on the 6th. It was investigated that his children, in 1st and 2nd grade of elementary school, have not recently attended school.

The Government Daejeon Complex consists of four connected buildings in a dense arrangement, and with about 5,000 employees, further spread cannot be ruled out. The employee cafeteria on the 19th floor of Building 3, the caf? on the 1st floor of the complex, and the underground pharmacy, all places visited by this employee, have been closed. The Public Procurement Service has recommended telecommuting for all employees starting from the 9th.

Infections within the region centered around previously confirmed cases have also continued.

The 147th confirmed case, a man in his 50s, is the director of a clinic in Wonnae-dong, Yuseong-gu. His wife (the 148th confirmed case, a woman in her 50s) also tested positive while working at the same clinic. They had contact with the 140th confirmed case, a woman in her 50s living in Jeongnim-dong, Seo-gu.

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