Eight Taxi Drivers Including Those from a Seoul Gangnam-gu Company Infected in Cluster... Passenger List of 191 Secured

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] In Seoul, eight taxi drivers have tested positive for COVID-19 in a cluster infection, prompting health authorities to begin epidemiological investigations of the drivers and passengers.

According to Seoul City on the 4th, after an employee of a taxi company located in Gangnam-gu was first confirmed positive on the 23rd of last month, a total of 10 people, including taxi drivers and employees of the company, have tested positive so far.

The taxi company is known to employ a total of 137 people, including 127 taxi drivers and 10 employees. The company has suspended all operations until the 6th and all employees are currently under self-quarantine.

A Seoul city official stated, "The Gangnam-gu Public Health Center is currently investigating the infection routes between the taxi company employees and taxi drivers," and added, "We have obtained a list of 191 passengers who rode in the taxis driven by the eight drivers confirmed positive on the morning of the 4th from T-money." The city plans to conduct epidemiological investigations on the passengers based on this data and taxi operation records.

Since the 23rd of last month, Seoul has been conducting a full survey of 75,000 taxi drivers, including 26,000 corporate taxi drivers and 49,000 individual taxi drivers. A city official said, "We will actively encourage transportation industry workers, including taxi and bus drivers, to undergo proactive testing by the 6th."

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