Unidentified Source Infection Spread in Gwangju... Total 1,053 Cases

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] In Gwangju Metropolitan City, 4 additional cases were confirmed, including 3 cases related to confirmed patients with unknown transmission routes and 1 case who developed symptoms during self-quarantine.

According to Gwangju City on the 28th, as of 2 PM on that day, 4 more cases were confirmed and classified as Gwangju cases 1050 to 1053.

Three of them, Gwangju cases 1050 and 1052 to 1053, are contacts of Gwangju case 1049, which started a new infection chain. Following case 1049, confirmed on the 27th through an unidentified intermediary, 4 confirmed cases have emerged up to this day, prompting health authorities to trace the infection route and source of Gwangju case 1049.

Gwangju case 1051 was investigated as a confirmed case related to Gwangju Cheongsa Church. He tested positive after developing symptoms during self-quarantine.

Health authorities believe that the recent sporadic cluster infections in the region are spreading mainly from six major locations.

By type, the cases are as follows: ▲18 related to pseudo-visit sales ▲11 related to Gwangju Christian Hospital ▲56 related to Evergreen Nursing Home (including Jin Nursing Hospital, sauna, and other gatherings) ▲34 related to Gwangju Cheongsa Church ▲15 related to Seoul Yeongdeungpo District case 418 (G3 Center sermon) ▲4 related to unknown infection source (index patient Gwangju case 1049).

The process of confirming Gwangju case 1048, a hospitalized patient at Jin Nursing Hospital infected through nth-generation transmission from Evergreen Nursing Home on the 27th, was also revealed. The initial transmitter of Gwangju case 1048 was identified as Gwangju case 885, a nursing assistant at Evergreen Nursing Home confirmed on the 21st.

The related nth-generation infections began when Gwangju case 855 visited a sauna, followed by Gwangju case 1016, who was confirmed positive after contact with case 855, meeting a nursing assistant at Jin Nursing Hospital (Gwangju case 1041) at a social gathering, and then Gwangju case 1041 managing a hospitalized patient (Gwangju case 1048), resulting in a chain of transmissions.

The 5th-floor ward of Jin Nursing Hospital, where confirmed cases were found, has been cohort quarantined. Health authorities explained that 59 patients and 1 staff member reside there.

Additionally, on the day the confirmed cases were found, an on-site evaluation was conducted along with diagnostic testing for 410 medical staff, employees, and patients at Jin Nursing Hospital. So far, 2 have tested positive (Gwangju cases 1041 and 1048), 87 negative, and 321 are awaiting results.

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