Additional COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Woman in Her 40s After Contact with Internet Media Reporter in Daejeon

Citizens are lining up to receive COVID-19 diagnostic tests at public health centers in Daejeon. Provided by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A woman in her 40s in Daejeon has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Including her, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Daejeon area is 235.

According to the city on the 26th, A (#235), a resident of Panam-dong, Dong-gu, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on that day.

Ms. A visited a screening clinic the day before due to symptoms such as headache, and it was confirmed that she had contact with confirmed case #230 on the 22nd.

Confirmed case #230 is a reporter working for a local internet media outlet and was confirmed positive after contact with another internet media reporter (#216).

At the time of confirmation, case #230 was asymptomatic and was classified as a close contact of case #216, after which the diagnostic test was conducted.

Meanwhile, the city and quarantine authorities are currently classifying four cohabiting family members of case #230 as close contacts and are conducting an epidemiological investigation.

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