One More Confirmed Case in Jungri-dong, Daejeon... No Additional Cases at Public Procurement Service

Citizens are lining up to receive COVID-19 diagnostic tests at public health centers in Daejeon. Provided by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A man in his 50s in Daejeon has been newly confirmed positive for COVID-19. Diagnostic tests conducted on contacts related to a recent confirmed Public Procurement Service employee all returned negative results.

According to Daejeon City on the 10th, a man in his 50s, Mr. A (#157), residing in Jungri-dong, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the same day.

It was investigated that Mr. A had a conversation without wearing masks for about 10 minutes with #142 (construction site office manager) on the 3rd.

Mr. A, who showed no symptoms, visited the Daedeok-gu Public Health Center on the 9th, underwent diagnostic testing, and was confirmed positive.

Previously, confirmed case #142 first showed symptoms on the 3rd, was tested on the 6th, and was confirmed positive the following day.

The city plans to disclose the movement routes of confirmed case #157 on the city’s website after conducting an epidemiological investigation.

Meanwhile, aside from the Public Procurement Service employee (#150) who was confirmed positive on the 8th, no additional confirmed cases have been identified at the Government Complex Daejeon.

The Public Procurement Service plans to impose a two-week self-quarantine (until July 20) on close contacts and allow simple contacts to perform normal work, including working from home, starting from the 13th.

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