'Gwangju Shinsegae Also Hit' 2nd Floor Employee Confirmed Positive... Contacts Undergoing Testing

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] One of the confirmed cases that occurred in Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 30th was identified as an employee of a partner company at Gwangju Shinsegae.

According to Gwangju Shinsegae and quarantine authorities on the 1st, Gwangju case number 714, who was confirmed positive the previous afternoon, was investigated to be an employee of a partner company working on the 2nd floor of Gwangju Shinsegae Department Store.

Case 714 is known to be the spouse of case 688, an employee of Kia Motors Gwangju Plant, who was confirmed positive on the 29th.

Upon hearing the news of case 688's positive diagnosis on the 29th, Shinsegae Department Store partially closed the store where case 688's spouse works and conducted diagnostic tests on 32 people, resulting in 1 positive and 31 negative cases.

After case 714 was classified as confirmed, Gwangju City and Seo-gu Public Health Center conducted an on-site investigation, re-closed part of the 2nd floor, and tested 28 people classified as contacts.

The results are expected to be released late in the afternoon.

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