Gwangju City Reviews Legal Action Against 'Songpa Case No. 60 Confirmed Patient'

Violation of the "Obligation to Testify of Confirmed Patients"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju City is considering legal action against Patient No. 60 from Songpa, who was found to have not cooperated sincerely with the epidemiological investigation.

On the 18th, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it plans to take measures after legal review regarding Patient No. 60 from Songpa-gu, Seoul, who failed to fulfill the 'duty to testify' as a confirmed case.

In the Gwangju area, no confirmed cases had occurred for 21 days since the COVID-19 resurgence began on the 27th of last month, but on this day, a cluster infection of nine people occurred.

All were confirmed to be relatives who met with Songpa 60 in Gwangju.

Gwangju City stated that although Songpa 60 was diagnosed positive on the 15th, they did not provide specific details about their movements in Gwangju during the epidemiological investigation.

Patient No. 177 in Gwangju underwent a COVID test due to fever symptoms, and another relative reported contact with Songpa 60, leading to tracing and finding the infection link.

So far, 15 relatives who met Songpa 60 in Gwangju have been identified; among them, nine tested positive and six tested negative.

During this process, siblings attending Gyesu Elementary School in Seo-gu, Gwangju, were confirmed positive for COVID-19, prompting a full screening of all 340 students.

Gyesu Elementary School is known to have recently conducted a hybrid of in-person and remote classes.

Meanwhile, since the second wave of COVID-19 began on the 27th of last month, 152 people have been confirmed positive in Gwangju.

By infection route: 40 related to Gwangju Sarang Church, 32 at Geumyang Officetel, 28 at Ilgok Central Church, 14 at Gwangju Exam Academy, 13 in a badminton club, 8 at Gwangneuksa Temple, 9 contacts from other cities/provinces (Songpa 60), 5 imported cases, and 2 under investigation.

By age group: 5 under 10 years old, 6 in their teens, 5 in their 20s, 11 in their 30s, 20 in their 40s, 31 in their 50s, 43 in their 60s, 18 in their 70s, 8 in their 80s, and 5 in their 90s.

From the 27th of last month to the current day (as of 7 PM), the daily case numbers have been: 4→4→3→12→22→6→8→16→7→6→8→15→3→9→5→7→1→1→1→5→0→9.

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