Hwasun-gun Reports 'Negative' Test Results for Contacts of Confirmed Cases from Gwangju and Gyeongnam

[Hwasun=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Young-gyun] As of 4 p.m. on the 1st, Jeonnam Hwasun-gun (Governor Gu Chung-gon) announced that all 85 contacts in the Hwasun area of confirmed cases Gwangju No. 284, Gwangju No. 339, and Gyeongnam No. 202 tested negative for COVID-19.

The county conducted an epidemiological investigation and classified 85 people (63 for Gwangju No. 284, 17 for Gyeongnam No. 202, and 5 for Gwangju No. 339) as contacts and requested COVID-19 diagnostic tests.

Since the 21st of last month, five confirmed cases have occurred in the Hwasun area, and Hwasun was included in the movement paths of confirmed cases from other cities and provinces, such as Gwangju No. 282, a teacher at Hwasun Elementary School, which has made the county's quarantine authorities and residents anxious.

The county reported that all contacts of recently confirmed cases, contacts of confirmed cases from other cities and provinces, and those related to their movement paths tested negative, and so far, no cases of 'secondary infection within the region' have occurred.

All 63 contacts in the Hwasun area of Gwangju No. 284 (resident of Hwasun-eup), who attended the August 15 Gwanghwamun rally and attended worship at Gwangju Seongsim Baptist Church three times, tested negative.

Among church-related persons, 20 people including the older sister, younger brother, and acquaintances who rode the church bus with Gwangju No. 284 to the Baptist Church, and 9 people who attended the church on the same day, also tested negative.

Two unidentified contacts who used the Support 152 bus at the same time as Gwangju No. 284 were contacted and had specimens collected, and tested negative on the 31st of last month.

The county sent a disaster message asking the public to consult the health center with bus usage date and time, boarding and alighting information, and travel direction because it could not identify the two classified contacts.

Twenty-two workers and contacts at restaurants included in the movement paths of Gyeongnam No. 202's group and Gwangju No. 339 also tested negative.

The county is expanding the scope and targets of epidemiological investigations and tracking, but so far, the infection routes of Jeonnam No. 59, 60 (a couple), and 64 confirmed cases have not been identified.

A county official said, “Although all contacts of recently confirmed local cases and confirmed cases from other cities and provinces tested negative, this is not a situation to be relieved,” adding, “As the number of confirmed cases with unknown infection routes and asymptomatic confirmed cases is rapidly increasing, please always wear masks, minimize contact between people, and thoroughly implement quarantine guidelines equivalent to level 3.”

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