'Find Cash Payment Passengers'... Busan City Discloses Route of Confirmed Taxi Driver

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Amid three taxi drivers in Busan testing positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), some passengers who rode in their taxis have not been identified. As health authorities faced difficulties in epidemiological investigations, they disclosed the routes taken by the taxis driven by the confirmed cases.

According to Busan city health authorities on the 12th, among 84 passengers of the three confirmed taxi drivers (Busan cases 320, 336, and 339), COVID-19 tests were conducted on 44 individuals, all of whom tested negative. The remaining 40 passengers are either being contacted by the city or are scheduled for testing.

During the period deemed infectious, 10 passengers rode in the taxi driven by case 320, all of whom paid by card. Among them, 9 tested negative, and health authorities are attempting to contact the remaining passenger.

It has been identified that 30 passengers rode in the taxi driven by case 336. These passengers also paid their fares by card. Of these, 27 tested negative, and the city is reaching out to the remaining 3.

Both taxi drivers stated that there were no passengers who paid in cash; however, it is reported that the records are not accurate due to the expiration of the black box storage period.

The taxi driven by case 339 is a corporate taxi, so black box footage is reliably available, but there is no way to identify passengers who paid in cash. According to health authorities, 25 passengers paid by card in taxi 339, with 8 testing negative. The city is attempting to contact 13 passengers, and 4 are awaiting testing.

There are 19 passengers who paid in cash, but their personal information has not been identified.

The city has urgently disclosed the taxi routes on its website and is seeking passengers who had contact with case 339.

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