'Secondary Infection Spread' 7 Additional Confirmed Cases in Gwangju... Total 886 Cases

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] COVID-19 n-th wave infections are spreading in Gwangju.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 21st, as of 2 PM on the same day, 7 people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 and newly registered as Gwangju cases 880 to 886.

Cases 880 to 882 are residents of Yangnim-dong, Nam-gu, and are contacts of the previously confirmed case number 876. Case 883, a resident of Duam-dong, Buk-gu, is also related to case 876.

Case 876 is a nursing assistant working at Gwangju Christian Hospital, who was confirmed positive the day before. Symptoms such as fever appeared on the 19th, and a COVID-19 test was conducted, confirming the infection.

Cases 884 and 885 are residents of Hwajeong-dong, Seo-gu, and Unam-dong, Buk-gu, respectively, and have been confirmed to have had contact with cases 867 and 868.

Case 886, a resident of Sinan-dong, Buk-gu, has been investigated to be related to a pyramid scheme-like door-to-door sales infection spreading recently in the Gwangju area.

Since case 843 was confirmed on the 18th in Gwangju, the total number of confirmed cases related to the pyramid scheme-like door-to-door sales has reached 15, including 9 visitors and 6 of their family members.

A total of 357 people have been tested, with 337 testing negative and 5 still undergoing testing.

Regarding Gwangju Christian Hospital, which is showing another wave of spread, 2 staff members and 3 patients have tested positive.

In the first on-site evaluation conducted by health authorities the day before, 110 people were tested, with 5 positive and 105 negative results. Medical staff of 26, patients of 46, and 4 other employees were placed under self-quarantine.

With additional confirmed cases, a second on-site evaluation was conducted on the same day, performing mass testing on a total of 1,219 people (842 staff and 377 patients).

Health authorities plan to review future measures based on the results of this mass testing.

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