13 Additional Confirmed Cases Related to Paju Starbucks Yadang Branch... Total 36 Cases

Paju City Public Health Center Screening Clinic. [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Hee-eun Park] Regarding the Starbucks Yadang branch in Paju City, Gyeonggi Province, 13 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were reported on the 16th alone.

According to Paju City on the 16th, a high school student A (Paju City No. 38) living in Unjeong 3-dong tested positive for COVID-19. A is a classmate of B (Paju City No. 36), who lives in Unjeong 2-dong and was confirmed positive the day before. B was identified to have visited the Starbucks Yadang branch on the 8th.

Paju City announced that, in addition to A, 12 more confirmed cases related to the Starbucks Yadang branch occurred on the afternoon of the same day. As a result, since the confirmed case visited the Starbucks Yadang branch on the 8th, the total number of related confirmed cases has increased to 36.

The new confirmed cases by residence on that day are identified as follows: 30-year-old C (Paju City No. 39) living in Unjeong 3-dong; 30-year-old female D (Paju City No. 40) in the same neighborhood; kindergarten student E (Paju City No. 41) in the same neighborhood; elementary school student F (Paju City No. 42) in Unjeong 2-dong; 60-year-old female G (Paju City No. 43) in the same neighborhood; 60-year-old H (Paju City No. 44) in Unjeong 3-dong; 60-year-old I (Paju City No. 45) in Unjeong 3-dong; 50-year-old female J (Paju City No. 46) in the same neighborhood; 50-year-old female K (Paju City No. 47) in Wollong-myeon; 40-year-old L (Paju City No. 48) in Unjeong 2-dong; elementary school student M (Paju City No. 49) in the same neighborhood; and 30-year-old N (Paju City No. 39) in Unjeong 3-dong.

The city stated that an epidemiological investigation will be conducted after transporting the confirmed patients to hospitals.

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