[Breaking] After Visiting a Nightclub... DJ Center Employee Tests Positive After 2 Weeks, 'Emergency'

A closure notice is posted on June 22 at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Seo-gu, Gwangju, where a COVID-19 confirmed case occurred. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] An employee of the Gwangju Kim Dae-jung Convention Center (DJ Center), the largest MICE institution in Honam, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 after visiting a nightlife establishment where a confirmed case had been reported, raising alarms.

According to Gwangju City on the 22nd, DJ Center employee A (Gwangju case 261) tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day.

A is a contact of a nightlife worker in the Sangmu district who was confirmed positive on the 16th (Gwangju case 232). It was confirmed that A had visited the nightlife establishment in the Sangmu district where case 232 works earlier this month.

He did not get tested for about two weeks and was only tested belatedly after being classified as a contact of case 232 the previous day.

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