"‘Double Trouble’ Jeonnam Faces Both Heavy Rain Damage and COVID-19 Confirmed Cases"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] A disaster victim in Gokseong, Jeonnam, who suffered flood damage due to recent heavy rains, tested positive for COVID-19 while staying at their younger sibling's house.

According to Jeonnam quarantine authorities on the 20th, a man in his 30s, Mr. A, living in Ogok-myeon, Gokseong-gun, tested positive for COVID-19 in a diagnostic test conducted the previous day.

Mr. A, the first confirmed case in Gokseong, was found to have had contact with his younger sibling, who was confirmed positive in Iksan, Jeonbuk. After his house was flooded by heavy rain on the 8th, he stayed with his two children at his wife's family home in Gokseong, and is known to have visited his sibling's house in Iksan on the 15th to 16th.

The authorities are also conducting diagnostic tests on his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and children.

In Gwangyang, Jeonnam, a man in his 50s, Mr. B, was additionally confirmed positive.

Mr. B reportedly showed fever symptoms after a family gathering at a pension in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, from the 14th to the 16th, according to the authorities.

In Suncheon, a person in their 70s who recently visited Seoul tested positive in a primary test at a private medical institution, and a secondary test is underway.

The authorities are identifying the movements and contacts of the confirmed cases.

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