5 Additional COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Daejeon... Related to Daycare Center Cluster Infection

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[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Daejeon. These confirmed cases are linked to a previously identified cluster infection at a daycare center.

According to Daejeon City on the 27th, confirmed cases numbered 432 through 436 were identified in the region on this day. All five confirmed cases tested positive for COVID-19 after undergoing diagnostic tests due to contact history with confirmed case number 431, who was diagnosed the previous day.

Confirmed case 432 (a woman in her 60s from Saerom-dong, Sejong) was asymptomatic; case 433 (a woman in her 50s from Wolpyeong-dong, Daejeon) experienced decreased condition; and case 434 (a woman in her 50s from Gajang-dong, Daejeon) showed symptoms such as sore throat and muscle pain, as confirmed by epidemiological investigation.

Among the additional confirmed cases, two infants attending the daycare center (cases 435 and 436) were included. These infants were diagnosed positive after testing while asymptomatic.

Meanwhile, confirmed case 431, who was diagnosed earlier, began showing symptoms such as high fever from the 24th. This case did not attend the daycare center from the day symptoms appeared (the 24th).

However, after health authorities conducted diagnostic tests on about 20 children attending the daycare center and 31 weekend contacts, five additional confirmed cases were identified.

Currently, health authorities are conducting a detailed epidemiological investigation targeting close contacts of confirmed case 431.

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