Jeonnam Province Reports 2 COVID-19 Cases: Local Transmission and Imported Infection

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Two additional confirmed cases of 'COVID-19' have been reported in the Jeonnam region.

One is an overseas entrant, and the other is a local infection.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 19th, a woman in her 20s who arrived from the Czech Republic is the 45th confirmed case in Jeonnam. She entered through Incheon International Airport on the 17th and arrived at Naju Station using the KTX overseas entrant exclusive car from Gwangmyeong Station.

Upon arrival, she immediately reached the temporary quarantine facility in Jangheung-gun by her mother's vehicle. After specimen collection, the test was requested at the Jeonnam Health and Environment Research Institute, and she was finally confirmed positive around 8:30 PM the previous day.

The confirmed patient was immediately transferred to Gangjin Medical Center and isolated for hospitalization, currently showing no particular symptoms.

Six companions who rode the KTX with the confirmed patient were notified as contacts and placed under self-quarantine. The mother who shared the vehicle at Naju Station tested negative and is currently self-quarantining at the temporary quarantine facility.

The 46th confirmed case in Jeonnam is a woman in her 60s residing in Yeonggwang-gun and a contact of the nationwide confirmed case number 15,766 from Daegu.

On the morning of the 14th, this woman used her husband's car at her home in Yeonggwang-gun to travel with her younger sister, a confirmed case from Daegu, taking a bus from Gwangju Terminal to Daegu Terminal. Afterwards, they moved to their mother's house and stayed overnight.

On the 15th, she moved from her mother's house to her sister's house and stayed overnight, then arrived at Gwangju Terminal at 2:40 PM on the 16th. After staying about 30 minutes at her sister's house in Songjeong-ri with her husband, she returned home.

On the afternoon of the 17th around 3 PM, she visited the township office and had dinner with three village residents at her home around 7 PM.

On the morning of the previous day around 9 AM, she was informed that her younger sister in Daegu tested positive. She then underwent specimen collection at the Yeonggwang-gun Public Health Center screening clinic and requested testing at the Jeonnam Health and Environment Research Institute. She was confirmed positive around 1 AM on the 19th.

The confirmed patient was immediately transferred to Gangjin Medical Center and isolated for hospitalization, currently showing no particular symptoms.

Her husband, who lives with her at home, is undergoing testing. Diagnostic tests and quarantine measures have also been implemented for village residents and other contacts.

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok stated, "COVID-19 has strong transmissibility even in asymptomatic states, making the possibility of community spread very high. We ask that the quarantine network be maintained tightly and responded to swiftly to block and prevent community spread." He added, "Recently, COVID-19 infections centered in the metropolitan area and Gwangju are spreading at a frightening speed. Even if visitors from other regions are family members, please strictly adhere to social distancing."

So far, there have been a total of 46 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jeonnam Province, of which 21 are local infections.

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