Three More Family Members of Seoul Gangnam Post Office Delivery Worker Confirmed Positive... 73 Colleagues Self-Quarantined
[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] Gangnam-gu, Seoul, announced on the 14th that three family members of a postal worker affiliated with Gangnam Post Office were additionally confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
The postal worker was previously confirmed positive on the 12th. As a result of diagnostic tests, three people tested positive and two tested negative on that day.
The quarantine authorities collected specimens from 20 children and 14 teachers at the Seoul Daewang Elementary School affiliated kindergarten, attended by one of the additional confirmed cases, and placed them under self-quarantine.
Among the coworkers who worked together with the postal worker on tasks such as parcel sorting, 73 were placed under self-quarantine and 68 are under passive monitoring.
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Gangnam-gu stated that the postal worker was in charge of non-face-to-face duties, so there was no contact with residents visiting the post office.
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