4 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at Daegu Heungkuk Fire Insurance Branch... 3 Family Members Also Test Positive

On the 21st and 22nd, Two Employees Each... Health Authorities Conduct Full Staff Screening

On the 22nd, citizens are lining up to get tested for COVID-19 at the COVID-19 screening clinic of the National Medical Center in Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A series of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) occurred at an insurance company building located in downtown Daegu, raising alarms for health authorities. Before the confirmed cases emerged here, there had been no local infections in Daegu for two weeks, so the local residents' anxiety is expected to increase again.

According to Daegu City on the 23rd, two COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported on the 22nd at the 10th floor of the Daegu Dream Branch of Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance building on Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, following two cases on the 21st. On the 22nd, three family members of the employees confirmed on the 21st also tested positive.

Health authorities conducted an on-site risk assessment of the facility and carried out COVID-19 diagnostic tests on 182 people. Fortunately, 180 tested negative, and two are awaiting results.

Immediately after the first confirmed case on the 21st, health authorities conducted mass testing and imposed self-quarantine measures on the branch employees. Although no direct contact with the confirmed cases has been identified, employees of affiliated branches working in the same building are being urged to voluntarily undergo testing regardless of symptoms.

As of midnight on the 23rd, the total number of local COVID-19 patients increased to 7,149. In Daegu, after one community infection case was reported on the 7th, there had been no local infections for two weeks from the 8th to the 21st.

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