[Breaking] Surge in Confirmed Cases with 'Unknown Infection Routes'... Unusual Spread Pattern

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] In Daejeon and Chungnam, there is a surge of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) with unknown infection routes.

According to Daejeon City on the 20th, the infection route of a woman in her 40s living in Doma-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon (Daejeon No. 419), who was confirmed positive the day before, has not been identified. No. 419 works at Chungnam National University Hospital and was found to have shown fatigue since the 16th.

The quarantine authorities classified 7 family members, 8 coworkers, and 4 colleagues who had a meal together on the 15th as close contacts and tested them. As a result, her father (Daejeon No. 421) and a colleague who ate together (Daejeon No. 420) also tested positive.

The woman in her 70s (Daejeon No. 422), who tested positive on the same day, also has an unclear infection route.

Since the 10th, six confirmed cases with unknown infection routes have emerged in Daejeon alone.

During this period, a person in their 50s from Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam (Asan No. 59), and a couple in their 50s from Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si (Cheonan Nos. 232 and 233) have not yet had their infection sources identified in terms of when, where, or from whom they were infected.

A person in their 60s (Cheonan No. 234), who had contact with Cheonan No. 232, was also confirmed positive on the 19th.

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