[Breaking] Muan-gun Confirms 5th COVID-19 Case, 'High Alert'

A Woman in Her 40s Entered Russia

(Illustration Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jaehee)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The fifth COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Muan, Jeonnam, raising alarms in the local community.

According to Muan County on the 11th, a woman in her 40s from Russia, Ms. A, who arrived from Russia on the 28th of last month, tested positive for COVID-19 in a test conducted just before the end of her self-quarantine.

Ms. A received an inconclusive result in the first test at a private contracted medical institution on the 29th of last month, tested negative at the Health and Environment Research Institute on the 30th, received another inconclusive result at the private contracted medical institution on the 9th before the end of her self-quarantine, and was notified of a positive result by the Health and Environment Research Institute on the 10th. She was then transferred to Gangjin Medical Center and isolated.

Muan County plans to request a COVID-19 test for Ms. A’s husband through the Health and Environment Research Institute.

However, since Ms. A’s husband is known to work at a large shipyard, there is keen interest in the test results.

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