8 Daejeon Mask Manufacturing Company Employees Test Positive in Series... Over 50 Staff Undergoing Diagnostic Tests (Update)

On the afternoon of the 15th, medical staff are collecting specimens at a temporary screening clinic set up near Gangnam Station on Subway Line 2 in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] Eight employees at a mask manufacturing company in Daejeon have consecutively tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Daejeon City on the 16th, starting with one employee (Daejeon 649) at a mask manufacturing company located in Yuseong-gu testing positive on the 14th, seven colleagues (Daejeon 662, 667?672) were sequentially confirmed positive from the following day.

The first confirmed case, number 649, showed symptoms such as fever beginning on the 11th, and the route of infection has not yet been identified.

The quarantine authorities have completed testing on about 20 of the approximately 50 employees at the company and plan to test an additional 30 employees today.

They also plan to collect and analyze environmental samples from inside the factory.

In Daejeon, besides these cases, the daughter (Daejeon 666) of a person in their 70s (Daejeon 659) who showed symptoms such as fever and was confirmed positive the previous day also tested positive for COVID-19.

The infection route of a man in his 20s residing in Yuseong-gu who tested positive overnight (Daejeon 665) is under investigation.

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