Gangnam-gu Nonhyeon-dong Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Participating in Gwanghwamun Rally

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] On the 20th, two new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gangnam-gu.

Including one additional case reported late the previous afternoon, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gangnam-gu reached 127.

First, a resident of Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, who attended the Gwanghwamun rally on the 15th, underwent a specimen test at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center after experiencing symptoms such as coughing and was confirmed positive that morning.

A resident of Yeoksam-dong tested positive that morning at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center after contact with a confirmed case from another region.

Additionally, a resident of Gaepo-dong was confirmed positive the previous afternoon at Gangnam Severance Hospital after experiencing symptoms such as muscle pain and undergoing a specimen test.

Gangnam-gu is conducting disinfection around the residences and movement paths of the confirmed cases and is carrying out a detailed epidemiological investigation to identify contacts.

Meanwhile, Gangnam-gu notified the relevant local government of one confirmed case from Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, who tested positive at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center that day.

Furthermore, Gangnam-gu confirmed that a nursing assistant working at an obstetrics and gynecology clinic located in Nonhyeon-dong, who is a resident of Dongjak-gu, tested positive the previous day. After a joint investigation with Seoul epidemiologists, 22 people, including 16 staff members who had contact with the confirmed case and 6 pregnant women, were placed under self-quarantine.

Jung Soon-gyun, the district mayor, stated, "Fortunately, the postpartum care center in the same building where the confirmed case works was separated, but to take preemptive measures, we are conducting tests on all hospital staff, inpatients, and 220 users of the care center."

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