Resumption of Operations at Gimhae City Hall Closed Due to Confirmed Case Visit... Mayor Also Returns to Work

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gimhae City Hall in Gyeongnam, which was temporarily closed after a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) visited, resumed operations on the 27th.

The city hall identified that the president of a local public enterprise under Gimhae City, who tested positive, had visited, and on the 26th at around 1 PM, temporarily closed the main building, annex, and Gimhae City Council, conducting emergency disinfection.

The confirmed case is patient number 208 in Gyeongnam (number 37 in Gimhae), the president of Gimhae Urban Development Corporation.

All 18 Gimhae city officials, including Mayor Heo Seong-gon and Gimhae City Council Chairman Song Yu-in, who had contact with the confirmed case, tested negative in diagnostic tests conducted the previous day.

Mayor Heo, who was classified as a general contact and tested negative, arrived at work around 8 AM that day and was confirmed to stay in his office without external schedules.

About 1,100 city hall and city council officials, who had anxiously started working from home the previous day, also returned to normal work following the guideline of 'opening the building after more than 12 hours of disinfection.'

However, eight people, including Chairman Song, who were classified as close contacts of the confirmed case, must undergo two weeks of self-quarantine before returning to work.

The city is operating by opening only one of the five entrances to the building, and entry requires temperature checks and other procedures.

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