Secondary Infection from Gwangju Evergreen Nursing Home Sparks Spread → Partial Cohort Quarantine at Jin Nursing Hospital

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] At a nursing hospital where secondary infections derived from the Evergreen Silver House nursing home in Gwangju, which has been seeing a surge in confirmed cases daily, an inpatient has tested positive, leading to cohort isolation of some wards in the nursing hospital.

According to Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, on the 28th, additional confirmed cases occurred in the 5th-floor ward where Gwangju case number 1041, a nursing assistant at Jin Nursing Hospital who was confirmed positive the previous day, had worked, resulting in the ward being quarantined as a cohort group.

The infection route of the inpatient on the 5th floor of Jin Nursing Hospital, classified as Gwangju case number 1048, is understood by health authorities as: Evergreen Nursing Home-related confirmed case → Gwangju 1041.

As of today, there are 56 secondary infection cases related to Evergreen Nursing Home, among whom one is Gwangju 1041.

Gwangju 1041 was investigated to have worked on the 23rd and 25th in the 5th-floor ward of Jin Nursing Hospital. It is known that about 60 people, including patients and medical staff, reside in the 5th-floor ward.

After conducting diagnostic tests on 89 contacts of Gwangju 1041, including personnel in the 5th-floor ward of Jin Nursing Hospital, health authorities have so far confirmed one inpatient (Gwangju 1048) as positive.

An additional full investigation of 157 hospital staff and 253 inpatients is scheduled to take place today.

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