Two More Residents Confirmed Positive at Jeonnam National University Hospital... Total of 8 Cases Reported

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed related to the resident doctor at Chonnam National University Hospital who tested positive.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 15th, three people tested positive for COVID-19 in the morning and were classified as cases 557 to 559 in the region.

Case 557 is a resident of Jung-gu, Seoul, and is known to have come into contact with case 386 in Seongbuk-gu.

Cases 558, residing in Seoseok-dong, Dong-gu, and 559, a resident of Yeongam-gun, Jeonnam, were both confirmed to have had contact with case 546, the previously confirmed resident doctor at Chonnam National University.

The hospital is conducting comprehensive testing on about 5,000 people including medical staff, workers, and inpatients, while discharged patients and visitors are being tested at screening clinics of the local health centers.

So far, diagnostic tests have been conducted on 3,417 people, with 8 confirmed positive cases (3 doctors, 2 nurses, 2 patients, and 1 caregiver), and 993 people are awaiting results.

Additionally, the emergency room and outpatient services will be temporarily closed until the 16th, after which the hospital will conduct diagnostic evaluations and proceed with further measures.

Hospitalized patients are planned to be transferred to general hospitals within the region after classification.

Meanwhile, in Gwangju, 34 locally transmitted confirmed cases have been reported from the 9th to the current date (as of 2 p.m. on the 15th).

Among them, 11 cases are related to Sangmu Room Soju Bar (Gwangju cases 5 and 28), 10 cases are related to Gwangju Prison (Gwangju case 520), and 8 cases are related to Chonnam National University Hospital (Gwangju case 546).

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