Chilgok 'Jangnoesam Briefing' Secondary Infection Begins... 1 Confirmed Each in Gyeongju and Busan

16 Confirmed Cases Among Participants After Infection Confirmed in 50s Female in Gyeongju on the 10th
About Half of the 34 Participants...Typical Small-Scale Cluster Infection

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] A secondary infection of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related to the Chilgok Pyeongsan Academy Training Center Jangnoesam (wild ginseng) briefing was confirmed in Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk Province.

In particular, among the 34 attendees of the briefing, nearly half, 16 people (as of midnight on the 15th), tested positive. In Busan, a third infection was confirmed, extending from an attendee’s acquaintance to the acquaintance’s son, raising concerns about the spread originating from 'Chilgok Jangnoesam.'

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 15th, a man in his 60s living in Gyeongju was tested at the Gyeongju Public Health Center due to body aches and fever symptoms and was notified of a positive result on the 14th. It was identified that this man works in the same office as the 67th confirmed case in Gyeongju (a woman in her 50s, the 66th cumulative case in Gyeongju), who attended the Chilgok Jangnoesam business briefing.

Confirmed cases related to the Chilgok Jangnoesam briefing are being revealed one after another through epidemiological investigations by health authorities. Since the confirmation of a woman in her 50s in Gyeongju on the 10th, four community cases have consecutively occurred in the Pohang area of Gyeongbuk from the 10th, all of whom attended the problematic Jangnoesam briefing.

According to the investigation by health authorities, a total of 34 people, mainly from the Yeongnam region, attended the 'Wild Ginseng Business Briefing' held on the 2nd at the Pyeongsan Academy Training Center in Dongmyeong-myeon, Chilgok-gun. Among the attendees from Gyeongbuk, four were from Pohang and two from Gyeongju. Five of these, excluding one from Gyeongju, tested positive.

The confirmed case in Busan (Busan case number 354), who tested positive on the 14th, is the son of a confirmed case related to the Chilgok Jangnoesam business briefing in Chilgok-gun, Gyeongbuk, and is considered a third infection. A 59-year-old man in Nam-gu, Ulsan (case number 136), confirmed positive on the 11th, was also found to have been in close proximity to 'Gyeongju case number 67' during the Jangnoesam briefing.

In particular, regarding Ulsan case number 136, epidemiological investigations confirmed that he frequented multiple public facilities such as saunas, hotels, and restaurants near his residence, causing difficulties for health authorities in tracing contacts and movement paths.

Meanwhile, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk reached 1,447 as of midnight on the 15th, an increase of one case (in Gyeongju) compared to the previous day.

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