Confirmed COVID-19 Cases at Donghun Industrial Development in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu and Real Estate Consulting Firm in Daechi-dong

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] On the 20th, 2 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Gangnam-gu, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 262, including 1 additional case reported the previous afternoon.

First, a resident of Nonhyeon-dong contracted the virus through contact with a confirmed case from another area. Two residents of Daechi-dong, who live together as family, were also confirmed positive; one of them showed fever symptoms and tested positive at Gangnam Severance Hospital the previous day. The other was confirmed positive at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center on the same day.

Additionally, a resident of Gaepo-dong, who was confirmed positive on the 1st and had been receiving isolation treatment at a living treatment center, was discharged after recovery without any special symptoms but tested positive again at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center on this day.

Furthermore, regarding the cluster infection among 20 employees of Donghun Industrial Development, a real estate development company located in Yeoksam-dong, 59 other employees and former employees, excluding the confirmed cases, were placed under self-quarantine.

Also, 19 visitors who had visited the office were identified; among them, 8 were placed under self-quarantine, 9 under active monitoring, and 2 under passive monitoring.

In addition, at a real estate consulting company located in the same building, 4 confirmed cases from other regions were identified. After disinfection, the office was temporarily closed, and 64 employees were placed under self-quarantine.

At a real estate consulting company in Daechi-dong, where a former employee of Donghun Industrial Development had worked, 2 confirmed cases occurred, and 32 employees were placed under self-quarantine.

Gangnam-gu is conducting a detailed epidemiological investigation jointly with Seoul City to identify specific infection routes and additional contacts.

Moreover, from the 1st to the 19th, a total of 14 confirmed cases occurred in different offices on four floors of Daewoo Dioville Plus located in Yeoksam-dong. Direct connections among these confirmed cases have not yet been identified.

Gangnam-gu, in cooperation with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, is conducting an epidemiological investigation and has requested that visitors to the building in September undergo specimen testing at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.