[Breaking] Maternal Grandmother's House and Restaurant... Daejeon on Alert After Pocheon Military Base Confirmed Cases Visited

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] It has been revealed that one soldier who tested positive at an army unit in Pocheon, where a cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred, visited Daejeon from the 1st to the 4th of last month, raising alarms for quarantine authorities.

According to Daejeon city officials on the 6th, Mr. A, who resides in Seongnam, was classified as a contact of a confirmed case during his leave and tested positive after being tested in Seongnam on the 5th.

Before receiving the positive diagnosis, Mr. A visited his maternal grandparents' home in Daejeon on the 1st, using a family car from Seongnam during his leave.

On the 2nd, he visited a restaurant and a karaoke room with an acquaintance, and on the 3rd, he visited a restaurant. On the afternoon of the 4th, he took an intercity bus from Daejeon to Gwangju.

The city quarantine authorities conducted COVID-19 tests on three people who had contact with Mr. A, including his maternal grandparents and an acquaintance.

Meanwhile, 37 people tested positive for COVID-19 at an army unit in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. This is the largest number of confirmed cases among cluster infections in military units so far, prompting an emergency response from military authorities.

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