[Breaking] Three Children in Suncheon Test Positive for COVID-19... Gurye Physical Therapist Also Infected

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] The cluster infection in Suncheon has spread to hospital staff in the neighboring city and county of Gurye, widening the scope of local transmission.

According to Suncheon City on the 29th, an 8-year-old boy living in Haeryong-myeon (Suncheon case 59, Jeonnam case 130) was infected by a family member, case 41 (Jeonnam case 103), and was confirmed positive the day before. Maean Elementary School, which Suncheon case 59 attends, is conducting remote classes, so there are no known contacts. Siblings living in the same Haeryong-myeon are also presumed to have been infected through family transmission.

Since the 20th, 'n-th generation infections' related to a fitness center have been rapidly spreading in Suncheon. The families of the children confirmed positive on this day are also presumed to have been infected through contact with confirmed cases related to Kim Seonsaeng Fitness.

Suncheon City also confirmed that case 58 (Jeonnam case 127), who was confirmed positive the day before, attended a service at Saengmyeong Church, prompting diagnostic testing for about 50 church members. Suncheon City views this week as a critical turning point in the spread of COVID-19 and has deployed about 2,000 employees on emergency duty to respond.

COVID-19 cases have also occurred in neighboring cities and counties such as Gurye and Gwangyang, spreading local infections. In Gurye, a man in his 30s (Gurye case 1, Jeonnam case 134) was confirmed positive for the first time, with contact with a Suncheon confirmed case as the cause. This man, a hospital employee working as a physical therapist, is presumed to have been infected through an 80-year-old man from Suncheon (Suncheon case 56, Jeonnam case 121).

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