Among 27 Participants in Daegu's 'Dongchunghacho', 26 Confirmed with COVID-19... Contacts Also Infected One After Another

As of midnight on the 6th, 6 additional related confirmed cases in Daegu and Gyeongbuk (Goryeong, Sangju)
Continuous confirmed cases among family and guests operating Daegu 'Manna Hansik Buffet'... Concerns over spread

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

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) originating from the 'Dongchunghacho Business Briefing' held in the Daegu area is showing an alarming trend. Among the 27 people who directly participated in this event, 26 tested positive except for one, and cases of infection through contact with these confirmed patients are also being identified one after another.

In particular, a man in his 20s (Goryeong) who visited a Korean buffet restaurant practically operated by a woman in her 70s who was confirmed positive after attending the event also tested positive, raising concerns about infection originating from the 'Korean buffet.' At this family-run buffet, four people including the 40s owner’s parents and sister (in their 40s) have been confirmed infected as of the morning of the 6th.

According to Daegu City on the 6th, as of midnight, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Daegu increased by 5 from the previous day to a total of 7,082. Two of them are a man in his 70s (Nam-gu) and a woman in her 80s (Suseong-gu) who directly attended the health food (Dongchunghacho) sales meeting in Buk-gu on the 29th of last month.

The man in his 70s disappeared after attending the health food business briefing and was later tracked by health authorities. The woman in her 80s was also identified as an attendee of the business briefing and tested positive after undergoing testing.

Two more people who had contact with attendees of the health food business briefing were additionally confirmed positive. They are a man in his 70s (Dalseong-gun) and a woman in her 40s (Dalseong-gun), acquaintances and family members of a resident confirmed positive on the 3rd.

So far, among the 27 attendees of the health food business briefing, 26 have tested positive, and only one person (from Gyeongbuk) tested negative. Separately, on the 3rd, a man in his 40s (Nam-gu) who came from the United States was confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Daegu.

In Gyeongbuk as well, during the epidemiological investigation of people who had contact with confirmed cases related to the Dongchunghacho business briefing, two people (from Goryeong and Sangju) were confirmed positive and added to the confirmed case list as of midnight on the 6th.

According to Gyeongbuk Province, a man in his 60s living in Sangju tested positive at Sangju Public Health Center on the 5th after his wife, who attended the Dongchunghacho briefing, was confirmed positive. This man initially tested negative on the 3rd but was confirmed positive after retesting due to symptoms of fever and chills.

A man in his 20s residing in Goryeong visited a local hospital with cold symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19 on the 5th. Epidemiological investigation revealed that this man visited 'Manna Korean Buffet' in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, operated by a couple in their 60s who were confirmed positive after attending the Dongchunghacho business briefing, along with his family on the 1st. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk was 1,433 as of midnight on the 6th, an increase of 2 from the previous day.

Meanwhile, health authorities have been guiding those who used Manna Korean Buffet in Nongong-eup, Dalseong-gun between the 31st of last month and the 1st of this month to immediately get tested for COVID-19 at their local health centers through disaster alert messages.

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