COVID-19 'Patient No. 2' Confirmed in Jangseong County

Caregiver in Charge of Patient 1... No Movement Due to Cohort Isolation

Jangseong County plans to further strengthen its COVID-19 response by closely cooperating with related local institutions such as the police station and the Office of Education. Photo by Jangseong County

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] The second local COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do.

According to Jangseong-gun on the 1st, the second confirmed case in Jangseong is a caregiver responsible for the first confirmed case, who is a resident of a nursing facility for the elderly. The first test on the 29th of last month was negative, but the second test result, confirmed this morning at 7:50 AM, was positive.

The remaining 69 residents and workers of the facility tested negative in the second test as well.

Since the first confirmed case was reported on the 29th of last month, the nursing facility has been under cohort isolation, and it has been confirmed that the second confirmed case stayed only within the facility without any other movement.

Yoo Doo-seok, the mayor of Jangseong-gun, appealed on this day, saying, "The voluntary cooperation of the residents is a very important phase," and urged everyone to observe a "time for 50,000 residents to pause" for one week by ▲ minimizing movement (refraining from unnecessary outings) ▲ avoiding visits to family and relatives ▲ always wearing masks.

Meanwhile, the movement paths of employees at a factory located in Hwangryong-myeon, known as the workplace of the 369th confirmed case in Gwangju, have been identified in more detail.

The factory employs a total of 115 workers, including 33 employees from partner companies.

A county official stated, "The 369th confirmed case belongs to a partner company and was in a separate space from the factory workers during work. It has also been confirmed that all of their residences are in the Gwangju area."

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