Severance Hospital "854 Tested Related to Confirmed Patient Meal Distribution... All Negative"

Access to the rehabilitation ward of Sinchon Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, has been restricted on the 10th due to new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection related to Sinchon Severance Hospital./Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] All patients and guardians at Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, who received meals from a cook confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), tested 'negative' in COVID-19 tests.

Severance Hospital announced on the 12th that it conducted COVID-19 tests on 854 people, including patients who received meals, after a cook from the nutrition team's outsourced company was confirmed positive, confirming this fact.

According to Severance Hospital, as of 4 a.m. on the day of the announcement, all 308 hospitalized patients who received meals from the confirmed cook tested negative. Guardians of hospitalized patients who received meals from the confirmed individual, 279 discharged patients and their guardians, as well as 267 environmental management staff, also all tested negative.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government stated that during the epidemiological investigation at Severance Hospital the previous day, it was confirmed that the nutrition team’s confirmed case had also served meals at a rehabilitation hospital, and they are investigating the specific infection route.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, since the first confirmed case occurred at Severance Hospital on the 9th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases as of 12 p.m. on the day is 23. This includes 1 medical staff member, 15 other employees, 1 patient, and 6 family members and caregivers.

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