Gwangyang City Reports 3 Additional COVID-19 Cases... Workplace Colleagues

Gwangyang City Reviews Raising Social Distancing to Level 1.5
6 Confirmed Cases Among Employees of Gwangyang A Company in Suncheon and Gwangyang

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Jeong Hyun-bok, mayor of Gwangyang City, announced in a statement regarding the occurrence of 3 new COVID-19 confirmed cases that he is seriously considering raising the current Level 1 daily quarantine stage to Level 1.5, the regional outbreak initiation stage, to protect the health and safety of citizens.

Gwangyang City reported that a family of three tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day and were classified as Gwangyang cases 24, 25, and 26.

On the 12th, 3 additional COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported and classified as Gwangyang cases 27, 28, and 29.

Gwangyang case 27 (Jeonnam case 208) is a woman in her 50s residing in Jungma-dong and is a coworker of Gwangyang case 25 (Jeonnam case 202).

Gwangyang case 28 (Jeonnam case 209) is a woman in her 50s residing in Myodo-dong, Yeosu City, and is a coworker of Gwangyang case 25 (Jeonnam case 202).

Gwangyang case 29 (Jeonnam case 210) is a woman in her 50s residing in Jungma-dong and is a coworker of Gwangyang case 25 (Jeonnam case 202).

Meanwhile, 3 COVID-19 confirmed cases have also been reported in the neighboring city of Suncheon.

They were classified as Suncheon cases 78, 79, and 80.

Gwangyang cases 27, 28, and 29 and Suncheon cases 78, 79, and 80 are coworkers, and due to the consecutive confirmation of these 6 cases, the health authorities of Suncheon and Gwangyang are on high alert.

Mayor Jeong stated, “The most urgent task is to block further transmission to the majority of citizens.” He added, “The movement paths of the confirmed cases during their daily lives, including workplaces, large shopping centers, indoor sports facilities, and restaurants, are too extensive, pushing the capacity of epidemiological investigations, specimen collection, disinfection measures, and management of self-quarantined individuals to its limits.”

He also said, “As the stage is raised, inconveniences in daily life increase, negatively impacting the local economy, and socially vulnerable groups suffer greater hardships.” He urged, “Please refrain from unnecessary outings, gatherings, and events, and comply with personal quarantine rules such as social distancing and proper handwashing.”

“Until vaccines and treatments are developed, wearing masks is the most effective and safest quarantine measure,” he said. “Epidemiological investigations of the current confirmed cases are underway, and information will be promptly disclosed via disaster messages as it is identified.”

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