After Gyeongnam Senior Center, Shipyard and Music Academy Cases Spread Widely... Total 720 Cases (Comprehensive)

Shin Jong-woo, Director of Welfare and Health Bureau, Gyeongnam Province.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] In Gyeongnam, the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly from the elderly center in Gimhae to a shipyard in Geoje, raising an emergency.

On the 6th, Gyeongnam Province announced in a briefing that as of 5 p.m., 15 confirmed cases have been reported: 7 in Geoje, 6 in Changwon, 1 in Jinju, and 1 in Gimhae.

All 7 cases in Geoje are employees of subcontractors at the shipyard.

A man in his 50s, a man in his 40s, and a man in his 50s who had contact with the first confirmed case number 692 tested positive and were classified as cases 709, 711, and 715.

A man in his 50s, a man in his 30s, and a woman in her 40s, who were contacts of case 703 confirmed the previous day, also tested positive and were classified as cases 712 to 714.

Additionally, a woman in her 30s, a family contact of case 708, was confirmed positive and classified as case 710, and was transferred to Masan Medical Center. This brings the total number of shipyard-related confirmed cases to 11.

The shipyard has conducted tests on 658 people so far. With additional confirmed cases, the shipyard plans to decide the scope and duration of workplace closure through internal meetings.

Among the 6 confirmed cases in Changwon, 5 are contacts of case 704 (a man in his 60s) who was confirmed the previous day.

Of the 6 people related to the music academy attended by this man, 5 tested positive and 1 tested negative. The remaining one case was confirmed after the individual visited the Changwon Public Health Center screening clinic due to symptoms.

Case 716 in Jinju (a woman in her 50s) is related to confirmed cases from a neighborhood leader training session. The province is conducting epidemiological investigations on the movements and contacts of the new confirmed cases.

One more confirmed case related to the Gimhae elderly day care center has been added, bringing the total to 28. A woman in her 80s who had contact with case 681 tested positive and was classified as case 723. The infection route at the elderly day care center remains unclear.

Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the province has increased to 720 (246 hospitalized, 473 discharged, 1 deceased).

Shin Jong-woo, Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau of the province, said, “COVID-19 is spreading into daily life, including workplaces where there were few infection cases before, through contact. If you have even slight symptoms, please get tested promptly and always follow quarantine rules such as wearing masks wherever you are.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.