N-th Infection Spread from Family Gathering in Cheongsong, Gyeongbuk... Spreading to Seongju after Cheongdo, Gyeongsan, and Yeongcheon

Confirmed Couple in Cheongsong on the 15th (Announcement Date) -> 13 Cases in Cheongdo, Gyeongsan, Yeongcheon on the 16th -> 3 Cases in Gyeongsan, Seongju on the 17th

On the morning of the 16th, a notice board announcing the suspension of medical services was installed at the entrance of the main building (Building 1) of Chonnam National University Hospital in Hakdong, Dong-gu, Gwangju. As COVID-19 spread among medical staff and inpatients at Chonnam National University Hospital, outpatient services and emergency room operations were temporarily suspended until the 16th, and a full investigation is underway. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Gyeongbuk, the n-th wave of COVID-19 infections stemming from a family gathering in Cheongsong continues to spread.

Following 13 cases the previous day, on the 17th, three more people in Gyeongsan and Seongju tested positive, bringing the total confirmed cases related to the Cheongsong couple and family gathering to 18.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 17th, a woman in her 40s living in Gyeongsan tested positive after being screened following her husband's confirmed diagnosis on the 15th. Additionally, their teenage child also tested positive, becoming the 675th confirmed case in Gyeongsan.

The man in his 50s from Gyeongsan (the 673rd case in Gyeongsan), who was confirmed positive on the 15th, had attended a family gathering in Cheongsong from the 2nd to the 5th and is a coworker of a woman in her 50s from Cheongdo (Cheongdo case number 147), who was also confirmed positive.

Also, a person in their 50s residing in Seongju (the 24th case in Seongju) developed fever and sore throat symptoms after contact with a confirmed case who attended the Cheongsong family gathering. After notification from health authorities, they were tested and confirmed positive.

As of midnight on the 17th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Gyeongbuk reached 1,573, an increase of three from the previous day.

Meanwhile, in Cheongsong, after a couple in their 50s to 60s tested positive following a family gathering on the 15th, infections among their sister and other close contacts have continued. It has been identified that the couple held the family gathering with relatives who had come from Cheonan, Chungnam (Cheonan case number 375), between the 2nd and 5th.

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