Confirmed Patient Escapes from Eumseong Somang Hospital... Police in Pursuit
[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] A confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) escaped while being transferred from Eumseong-gun, Chungbuk to a hospital in Seoul on the 20th. The police have launched a search.
According to the police and fire authorities, around 1 p.m. on the same day, Mr. A (58), who was wearing a patient gown from Somang Hospital in Eumseong-gun, escaped by taxi in front of the main gate of the National Center for Mental Health in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, where he was being transferred.
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The police are checking whether there are CCTV cameras near the hospital and have deployed patrol officers nearby to track Mr. A.
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