All 6 Busan Cases Linked to 'Officetel'... Fear of n-th Generation Infection Becomes Reality

24 Cumulative Cases Related to 'Shaina Officetel' as of the 6th... 11 Cumulative Cases at 'SK View Officetel'

Medical staff are busy moving at the Busan Medical Center screening clinic. [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The COVID-19 outbreak originating from an officetel in Yeonje-gu, Busan is spreading indiscriminately to schools and other regions through the feared n-th wave infections, raising alarms.

On the 6th, six new COVID-19 cases (Busan Nos. 328?333) were confirmed in Busan. All were identified as related to the officetel.

As of this day, the number of confirmed cases related to ‘Shaina’ has increased to 24 over four days, including cases in Daegu and Gyeongnam, emerging as a new flashpoint of fear for n-th wave infections originating from the officetel.

According to Busan City, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose by six from the previous day to reach 333.

The six newly confirmed cases on this day are all related to the Yeonje-gu officetel. Among them are five related to the Shaina officetel, including one student from Haedong High School in Saha-gu, and one related to the SK View officetel.

Busan No. 328 (Yeonje-gu) and No. 330 (Yeonje-gu) patients visited the Shaina officetel. Nos. 329 (Yeonje-gu), 332 (Saha-gu), and 333 (Busanjin-gu) are identified as n-th wave infections linked to patient No. 325 (Busanjin-gu), who visited the Shaina officetel.

Patient No. 332 is a first-year student at Haedong High School, who attended classes taught by patient No. 326 (Saha-gu), a teacher at Haedong High School confirmed positive the previous day.

After the Haedong High School teacher was confirmed positive, Busan City tested and placed 198 people under self-quarantine, including students and staff from three first-year and three third-year classes taught by the teacher from the school reopening on the 24th of last month until the day before the confirmation on the 4th of this month.

However, after one student among them tested positive, a full inspection began for the remaining first- and third-year students, excluding the second-year students who were attending remote classes.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Shaina officetel has increased to 24 within five days since the first patient was identified on the 1st of this month. So far, 120 people have been tested, and among the 35 employees and visitors listed by the officetel, 10 and 15 of their contacts have been confirmed positive.

By region, there are 20 cases in Busan, 4 in Gyeongnam, and 1 in Daegu. Among these, 8 are officetel visitors (including 1 in Gyeongnam), 2 are employees, and 15 are contacts of these individuals (including 3 in Gyeongnam and 1 in Daegu). There has been one death.

Patient No. 332 (Saha-gu), confirmed on the 6th, is related to another officetel in Yeonje-gu, the ‘SK View Officetel,’ which had previously caused infection cases.

This patient is a contact of Busan No. 285 (Saha-gu), a visitor to the SK View Officetel. With this, the total number of confirmed cases related to the SK View Officetel has reached 11.

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