Seoul City Employee Additional COVID-19 Positive Case ... City Hall Main Building Closed

On the 20th, employees are arriving at the new Seoul City Hall building. After a confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported among city hall staff the previous day, Seoul City Hall closed the entire new building and conducted disinfection operations. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] A confirmed case of COVID-19 has occurred at Seoul City Hall, leading to the main building being closed once again.

On the afternoon of the 20th, Seoul City announced, "An additional COVID-19 case has been confirmed among employees working on the 9th floor of the main building. The building has been immediately closed and disinfection is underway."

The city instructed all employees working in the main building to go home immediately and plans to notify contacts and those scheduled for testing based on the epidemiological investigation of the confirmed case's movements later that day.

Previously, a senior official at Seoul City was confirmed positive after being infected by a family member who tested positive. The official worked until the 13th and entered self-quarantine on the 15th, when the family member was diagnosed. The first test was negative, but symptoms later appeared, leading to a second test that returned positive on the 19th.

Seoul City explained that following the senior official’s positive diagnosis, a total of 204 contacts were tested, and on this day, one additional employee from the same department as the official was confirmed positive.

The newly confirmed employee reportedly stated that they had no contact with the senior official, such as reporting to them or dining together.

This is the third time the entire main building of Seoul City Hall has been closed due to COVID-19. In August, the building was closed after the first employee tested positive, and earlier this month, the building was also closed when a reporter was confirmed positive.

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