Chain Spread at Daejeon Health Food Seminar... 28 Infected
Cluster Infection Related to Food Expo in Daejeon Reaches 54 Cases
Rapid Spread Through Acquaintances Met After Attending Expo
The appearance of a building in Indong, Dong-gu, Daejeon City, on the morning of the 11th. Daejeon City explained that on the 25th of last month, a confirmed COVID-19 case number 225 from Gangseo-gu, Seoul, held a health food business briefing on the 6th floor of this building, after which the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) spread. / Photo by Yonhap News
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] It has been confirmed that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) related to the health food business briefing held in Indong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, has reached 54.
According to the quarantine authorities on the 12th, 28 additional infections were recorded as a result of a chain infection centered around patient number 293 in Daejeon, who attended the health food business briefing.
Patient number 293 came into contact with family members numbered 311, 312, 313, and 314 in Daejeon, as well as patients 333 and 340 after attending the briefing.
Among them, patient number 311 visited a restaurant in Gayang-dong, which accelerated the spread of COVID-19 within Daejeon. Patient 311 showed suspected COVID-19 symptoms such as sputum and loss of taste starting from the 28th of last month and visited the Gayang-dong restaurant twice on the 31st of last month and the 1st of this month.
Shortly after patient 311's visit, the restaurant owner showed symptoms of sore throat on the 3rd. Subsequently, 19 additional confirmed cases related to the restaurant were identified.
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Amid this widespread spread of COVID-19, Jeong Haegyo, Director of the Health and Welfare Bureau of Daejeon City, stated in a briefing on the 11th, "We are expanding the range of contacts of confirmed cases as much as possible and conducting tests quickly," but also lamented, "The speed of COVID-19 transmission is faster than the speed of testing, which is causing difficulties."
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