Five Confirmed Cases in Ulsan in One Day Raise Alarm... One Hospitalized, Two Unidentified

Ulsan University Hospital Considering Ward Cohort Isolation Including Inpatients

On the 20th, a member of the Autonomous Disaster Prevention Group disinfected the interior of a city bus at the Nongsogong Public Bus Garage in Buk-gu, Ulsan. [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 30th, five additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Ulsan. Following three confirmed cases on the 29th, the number increased to five in one day, resulting in a total of eight confirmed cases over the weekend, raising alarms for quarantine measures.

Ulsan City is also considering cohort isolation of the hospital ward after one patient hospitalized tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Ulsan City health authorities on the 30th, five people tested positive for COVID-19: a 57-year-old woman A (case 85) residing in Jung-gu, a 52-year-old man B (case 86) residing in Nam-gu, a 76-year-old woman C (case 87), a 67-year-old man D (case 88), and a 72-year-old man E (case 89).

Ms. A lives with her husband and was found to have come into contact with Ulsan case 82, who was confirmed positive on the 29th after visiting a cosmetics manufacturing and door-to-door sales company in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, as well as at a public bathhouse in Jung-gu on the 23rd.

Mr. B lives with his wife, two sons, and a daughter, and is presumed to have been infected by his wife (case 77), who was confirmed positive after attending a funeral hall in Seoul on the 25th.

Mr. B underwent self-quarantine and COVID-19 testing after his wife tested positive on the 25th, initially receiving a negative result. However, he tested positive upon retesting on the 29th. His sons and daughter tested negative.

Ms. C participated in the Gwangbokjeol rally at Gwanghwamun, Seoul, and tested negative on the 17th but was confirmed positive upon retesting on the 29th.

Mr. D tested positive at the Ulsan Hospital screening clinic. Mr. E, who has been hospitalized at Ulsan Hospital since the 27th, tested positive after a COVID-19 test on the 29th. Ulsan quarantine authorities are still investigating the infection routes of the 'unknown source' cases D and E. Ulsan City is also considering cohort isolation for the hospital ward at Ulsan Hospital.

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