Gyeongju City Declares 'Emergency' After Confirmed Case Visits Wonju, Gangwon ... Major Movement Paths Released

Recently, as a large number of COVID-19 cases have occurred in Wonju, Gangwon Province, the screening clinic at Wonju Public Health Center was crowded with people waiting for tests on the 21st. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] It has been confirmed that the 65th confirmed COVID-19 case in Wonju, Gangwon Province, visited Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk Province, for 2 nights and 3 days from the 16th to the 18th, prompting an emergency response from Gyeongju's quarantine authorities.

Gyeongju City has actively promoted compliance with quarantine rules by publicly sharing the confirmed patient's family's main routes, including the hotel, movie theater, and restaurants they visited, on SNS (social networking services) by time.

In the Wonju area of Gangwon, n-th generation infections are spreading among students attending an indoor gymnastics class, and it has been identified that a high school student related to this cluster visited Gyeongju with their family during the substitute holiday for Liberation Day.

The family stayed at the Kolon Hotel in Gyeongju on the 16th and 17th and visited restaurants and movie theaters mainly around Bomun Tourist Complex. The related routes have been disclosed on the Gyeongju City website.

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