Among 25 Attendees of Daegu 'Dongchunghacho', 21 Confirmed Positive... Typical Infection in Enclosed, Crowded, and Close Contact Settings

60s-80s Share Food in Underground Building
Confirmed Cases Across Daegu, Gyeongnambuk, Chungnambuk Nationwide
2 of Remaining 4 Missing...1 Under Retest

The scene of the Dongchunghacho project briefing hall on Chilseongnam-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, where 15 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Among the 25 attendees at the 'Dongchunghacho Business Briefing' held in an underground building in Daegu, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has increased to 21. Due to sharing food in a closed, close-contact, and crowded environment, almost all attendees were simultaneously infected in a cluster outbreak.

Most of the attendees at the briefing were elderly people aged 60 to 80 from across the country, including Gyeongnam and Gyeongbuk as well as Daegu, raising the possibility of further spread of community infection.

According to health authorities as of midnight on the 4th, 17 new confirmed cases who tested positive after attending the Dongchunghacho business briefing held in the basement level 1 of Dongwoo Building in Buk-gu, Daegu, were reported: 7 in Daegu, 5 in Gyeongnam, 3 in Gyeongbuk, 1 in Chungnam, and 1 in Chungbuk.

Including the 4 previously confirmed cases in Daegu, 21 out of the 25 attendees were infected with COVID-19, showing a positive rate of 84%. Among the remaining 4, one tested negative, one was 'undecided,' and the whereabouts of two are still unknown.

The sales meeting that day was attended by a total of 25 people: 13 from Daegu, 5 from Gyeongnam, 4 from Gyeongbuk, 1 from Chungnam, 1 from Chungbuk, and 1 with an unknown address.

Looking at the trend of positive cases, following a woman in her 60s from Nam-gu, Daegu, who hosted the briefing, her husband (in his 70s) and son (in his 40s) were confirmed positive on the 1st, and on the 2nd, a man in his 70s from Buk-gu was confirmed positive.

On the 3rd, two women and one man residing in Dong-gu, a man residing in Buk-gu, a man residing in Suseong-gu, a man residing in Dalseong-gun, and a man residing in Dalseo-gu tested positive, increasing the cumulative number of patients in Daegu to 11.

On the same day, 5 people in Gyeongnam, 3 in Gyeongbuk, and one each in Chungnam and Chungbuk were confirmed positive. In particular, in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, a male attendee in his 60s was found to have caused secondary infection to his son in his 30s.

The woman in her 60s who hosted the meeting was found to have contacted a confirmed case who attended a downtown rally in Seoul before holding the briefing, suggesting that this is a secondary cluster infection originating from the downtown rally.

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