Two Confirmed COVID-19 Cases from Sarang Jeil Church in Daegu and Gyeongbuk... Resurgence Alert

As of 0:00 on the 17th, 3 community infections confirmed in Daegu
67-year-old woman from Sangju, Gyeongbuk, confirmed positive after attending Seoul worship service

On the 16th, quarantine officials are conducting disinfection work at Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, where a COVID-19 cluster infection occurred.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Three confirmed cases linked to Seoul Sarang Jeil Church, where a cluster of COVID-19 infections occurred, have been consecutively identified in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions.

According to Daegu City on the 17th, a man in his 60s (Seo-gu, Daegu) and a woman in her 40s (Dalseong-gun), who visited Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul on the 15th, tested positive for COVID-19.

It has been identified that 33 church members or visitors in the Daegu area had visited Sarang Jeil Church. Among them, 2 have tested positive so far, 21 tested negative. The rest are either undergoing testing or awaiting results, drawing intense public attention regarding the possibility of additional confirmed cases.

Also, a woman in her 60s living in Dong-gu, Daegu, tested positive after contact with a confirmed case in Seoul, but she is understood to have no connection to Sarang Jeil Church. As a result, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu reached 6,950 as of midnight on the day, an increase of 3 from the previous day.

Previously, on the 16th, a man residing in Seoul, who was on vacation in Gangwon-do, visited relatives in Daegu and was confirmed positive at Kyungpook National University. This case ended Daegu’s 44-day record of no community infections since April 4.

In Sangju, Gyeongbuk, a 67-year-old woman who attended worship at Seoul Sarang Jeil Church was also confirmed positive on the same day. She attended worship services at Sarang Jeil Church from the 9th to the 12th, stayed at her sister’s house in Ansan, Gyeonggi, and was confirmed positive after testing at Sangju Public Health Center on the 16th.

Separately in Gyeongbuk, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi man who had been living in Gyeongsan visited his hometown in March and returned through Incheon Airport on the 2nd. He tested positive upon receiving a test after completing self-quarantine and was admitted to Andong Medical Center on the 16th. Accordingly, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Gyeongbuk reached 1,372 as of midnight on the day.

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