[Asia Economy (Cheongyang) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] In Cheongyang, Chungnam, 11 village residents were simultaneously diagnosed with COVID-19.


According to Chungnam Province and Cheongyang County on the 7th, a group of residents in a village in Cheongyang tested positive for COVID-19 on that day.


It was confirmed that they had contact (meal) at the village senior center with a high school student and family who were confirmed positive on the 1st.


The quarantine authorities explained that after the high school student was confirmed positive, COVID-19 tests were conducted on 35 people, resulting in 11 confirmed cases.


The total number of confirmed cases related to the high school student is currently understood to be 17.



The quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations on additional confirmed cases.


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