Chilgok Pyeongsan Academy Jangnoesam Briefing 'Signs of Cluster Infection'... 2 Attendees Confirmed Positive

Positive Cases Confirmed in 60s Woman in Pohang Following 50s Woman in Gyeongju on 11th
Health Authorities Conduct Contact Tracing for Jangnoesam Briefing Attendees
Concerns Over Trial for Daegu Dongchunghacho Briefing Cluster Outbreak
Cumulative

On September 11, the streets of Myeongdong in Seoul appeared quiet during lunchtime due to COVID-19. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Two people in their 50s and 60s living in Gyeongju and Pohang, Gyeongbuk, were recently confirmed positive for COVID-19 after attending a business briefing at the Chilgok Pyeongsan Academy Training Center. This has heightened concerns about a repeat of the cluster infection caused by the closed, close-contact, and crowded conditions at the Daegu 'Dongchunghacho business briefing.'

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 12th, a man in his 60s living in Pohang was classified as a close contact of a confirmed case despite being asymptomatic, tested at the Pohang Nambu Public Health Center on the 11th, and was notified of his positive result. It was found that this man attended the Jangnoesam briefing at Pyeongsan Academy in Dongmyeong-myeon, Chilgok on the 2nd, and five days later visited the office of Pohang's 62nd confirmed case (a businessman who had visited Gwangju Metropolitan City).

A woman in her 50s from Gyeongju attended the same Jangnoesam briefing on the same day, and after experiencing cold symptoms such as chills and muscle pain from the 5th, she visited a hospital for treatment but showed no improvement. She was tested for COVID-19 at the Gyeongju Public Health Center on the 10th and confirmed positive.

The quarantine authorities have identified that a total of 28 people attended the briefing at the Pyeongsan Academy Training Center and are urgently notifying them to undergo testing while conducting epidemiological investigations. In the case of the man in his 60s from Pohang, it is unclear from whom he was infected as he was exposed to COVID-19 twice?once during the business briefing and once when visiting the office of Pohang's 62nd confirmed case.

Previously, on the 29th of last month in Daegu, 26 out of 27 attendees at a 'Dongchunghacho' sales meeting tested positive, leading to multiple rounds of infections nationwide.

Meanwhile, as of midnight on the 12th, one new positive case was confirmed each in Gyeongju (cumulative 66 cases) and Pohang (64 cases), bringing the total cumulative confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk region to 1,443.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.