Busan General Hospital with Confirmed Cases Implements Cohort Isolation in Some Wards

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[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] A partial ward of a general hospital in Busan, where three confirmed cases were reported, has been placed under 'cohort isolation (group isolation)'.

On the 3rd, Busan city health authorities announced that after testing 445 people the previous day, five additional confirmed cases were found, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Busan area to 453.

Among them, patients number 452 and 453, who were admitted to Busan On General Hospital, were classified as contacts within the hospital of patient number 444, who was notified of confirmation on the 2nd. The hospital stated, "As a person who visited patient number 444 was confirmed positive, patient number 444 was also confirmed positive on the 2nd after retesting," and "The two additional confirmed cases on that day were people who shared the same hospital room with patient number 444."

Health authorities plan to cohort isolate ward 6 of the hospital where patient number 444 is admitted until noon on the 16th. Currently, 26 people including medical staff and inpatients are isolated in the ward. The health authorities have identified all contacts within the hospital and have completed disinfection of the ward.

A hospital official said, "Patient number 444 tested negative in the first test, but we proactively implemented isolation measures and blocked off part of the ward from the outside," adding, "All medical staff, employees, and inpatients under cohort isolation have tested negative in diagnostic tests."

Patient number 449 is a user of the Green Core bathhouse in Buk-gu, Busan, bringing the total number of confirmed cases related to the Green Core bathhouse to 12, including 9 visitors and 3 contacts.

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