Confirmed Cases of 'Family Relations' Flood in Chuncheon... 10 Confirmed Patients

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Ten COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Most of the confirmed cases were found to be family-related.

On the 27th, according to Chuncheon City health authorities, one person in their 50s and one in their 60s from Nam-myeon, Chuncheon, one person each in their 20s, 70s, and 80s from Toegye-dong, and one person each in their 50s and 20s from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, tested positive for COVID-19.

Additionally, one person in their 40s from Seoksa-dong, Chuncheon, one teenager from Dongnae-myeon, and one person in their 70s from Jukrim-dong also tested positive. Most of the confirmed cases on this day were found to have tested positive through contact with previously confirmed cases.

The confirmed cases in their 50s and 60s from Chuncheon are family members of a previously confirmed case in Gapyeong, and the confirmed case in their 70s from Toegye-dong is family-related to the confirmed cases in their 50s and 20s from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, as well as the confirmed case in their 40s from Seoksa-dong.

The confirmed teenager from Seoksa-dong is a friend of a previously confirmed Chuncheon case, and the confirmed cases in their 20s and 80s from Toegye-dong and the person in their 70s from Jukrim-dong are family members of previously confirmed Chuncheon cases.

Among them, the family-related confirmed cases in their 70s from Toegye-dong, the 50s and 20s from Hwaseong, and the 40s from Seoksa-dong were classified as transmissions at a funeral hall. The confirmed cases in their 50s and 20s from Hwaseong were tested and confirmed positive in Chuncheon.

The city health authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations, including reviewing CCTV footage, to trace their movements.

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