Busan Choyeon Music Hall Up to 3rd Infection... 12 Confirmed Cases Emerge, Total 64 (Update)

Published 27 Nov.2020 13:35(KST)

Updated 27 Nov.2020 13:38(KST)

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A large number of COVID-19 confirmed cases occurred at Choyeon Music Room in Busanjin-gu. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seul-gi] Nineteen new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in relation to Choyeon Music Room in Choeup-dong, Jin-gu, Busan. This marks the first time since the first confirmed case on February 21 that double-digit infections have occurred for four consecutive days in Busan.

Busan city health authorities announced on the 27th at 10 a.m. that 19 people (cases 702 to 720) were newly confirmed positive for COVID-19.

According to epidemiological investigations, 12 of the 19 additional confirmed cases on this day are estimated to be related infections linked to the 52 previously confirmed cases associated with Choyeon Music Room in Busan Jin-gu, Busan.

The health authorities believe that most of these Choyeon Music Room-related infections are cases of 'n-th generation infections.'

As a result, the total number of infections related to Choyeon Music Room in Busan has increased to 64 (27 visitors and 37 contacts), and the spread of infection has not yet been contained.

Since the first confirmed case on the 21st, the number of cases has been 4 on the 23rd, 14 on the 24th, 19 on the 25th, 14 on the 26th, and 12 just in the morning of the 27th.

The rapid increase in contact infections related to the music practice room has put health authorities on high alert.

Because these confirmed cases have many and complex movement paths, if infections through close contact continue to spread, it could lead to a chain of community infections that health authorities may not be able to manage.

Initially, the residential areas of those infected through contact at the music room were mostly in Busanjin-gu, Yeonje-gu, and Dong-gu, but within a few days, related confirmed cases have appeared across almost all of Busan, including Jung-gu, Dongnae-gu, Nam-gu, Suyeong-gu, and Haeundae-gu.

Among the seven confirmed cases unrelated to the music room, four were contacts of confirmed cases, two had unknown infection routes, and one was infected after entering the country from abroad.