COVID-19 Cases Rise from Zero to Two in a Day... Emergency Declared in Busan Gijang-gun

Both Students Attended Busan Gyeonggong Technical High School Camp

On the 17th, when two COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gijang-gun, Busan, Oh Gyu-seok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, is leading quarantine activities in the neighborhood where the confirmed cases live.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] One additional COVID-19 case was confirmed in Gijang-gun, Busan, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in Gijang-gun to 2 as of the 17th.

Since the domestic spread of COVID-19, Gijang-gun, which had been a 'clean area' with no local infections, reported 2 confirmed cases in one day, putting Gijang-gun on high alert.

Both of the confirmed cases on this day were students of Busan Mechanical Technical High School in Haeundae and were found to have been infected at the Busan Mechanical Technical High School Sympathy Technology Camp.

According to Gijang-gun on the 17th, the second confirmed case in Gijang-gun, Mr. A, tested negative in the first test at Haeundae Public Health Center on the 12th, and while self-quarantining at home on the 13th, he underwent a second test at Gijang Public Health Center on the morning of the 15th due to coughing and sore throat symptoms.

Mr. A was finally confirmed positive around 11 a.m. on the 17th and was transported by ambulance from Gijang Public Health Center to Busan Medical Center at 1 p.m. for hospitalization.

Currently, three family members who had close contact with Mr. A are undergoing testing, and two friends who had contact in the dormitory tested negative.

At 11:20 a.m., Gijang-gun held an emergency countermeasure meeting chaired by the county governor with related departments to discuss urgent quarantine measures. Governor Oh Gyu-seok visited the site where the additional confirmed cases occurred at noon and directed disinfection of the surrounding areas including entrances, stairs, and elevators.

Gijang-gun regards the occurrence of two confirmed cases in one day and the consecutive confirmed cases as a very serious situation and is making every effort to prevent community spread by implementing social distancing level 3 measures.

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