[Breaking] Daejeon Makjutjip Visitors → Colleagues → Family Chain Spread... Total 35 Cases Related

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) related to a beer specialty bar in Daejeon has spread from visitors of the beer pub to their colleagues and then to their families.

The total number of confirmed cases related to this cluster has increased to 35.

According to Daejeon City on the 4th, a man in his 40s (Daejeon No. 516), who visited a beer pub in Gwanpyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu on the night of the 23rd of last month when the confirmed patients were present simultaneously, infected his workplace colleague (Daejeon No. 526) with COVID-19. Subsequently, the colleague's wife (Daejeon No. 530) and their two preschool daughters (Daejeon Nos. 531 and 532) were also confirmed positive while asymptomatic.

A colleague (Daejeon No. 527) of No. 515, who was also at the beer pub with No. 516, was confirmed positive, and this colleague's teenage son (Daejeon No. 535) also contracted COVID-19. He was asymptomatic at the time of testing.

On the 26th of last month, the mother (Daejeon No. 533) and older brother (Daejeon No. 534) of a woman in her 20s (Daejeon No. 524) who visited the beer pub were also confirmed positive for COVID-19. The older brother began showing coughing symptoms from the 3rd.

Among the confirmed cases related to the beer pub, 18 people directly visited the location. The remaining 17 were infected in a chain from these individuals.

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