15 Patients and Staff at Ulsan Yangji Nursing Hospital 'Cluster Infection'... Entire Hospital Quarantined

Teachers who supervised the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test held on the 3rd are lined up on the morning of the 4th in the parking lot of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to undergo COVID-19 testing. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] At Yangji Nursing Hospital in Nam-gu, Ulsan, 15 people including residents and staff were collectively infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The hospital was placed under cohort isolation.

According to Ulsan City on the 6th, at Yangji Nursing Hospital located in Sinjeong-dong, Nam-gu, a total of 15 people tested positive: 3 retirees (Ulsan cases 223?225), 2 caregivers (cases 226, 230), 3 staff members (cases 227?229), and 7 inpatients (cases 231?237). All were transferred to the negative pressure rooms at Ulsan University Hospital on the same day.

Health authorities had been conducting a full investigation of the hospital after a caregiver at this nursing hospital (Ulsan case 222) tested positive the previous day.

As of noon on the 6th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Ulsan area has increased to 237.

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