Lunar New Year Nationwide Cluster Infections 'Bucheon Yeongsaenggyo 123 Cases'... Spread in Sauna, Nursing Facilities, Call Centers

13 Cases at Gangdong-gu Sauna, 14 at Eunpyeong-gu Care Facility, 15 Cases Including 4th Case at Jung-gu Call Center
Hanyang University Hospital Total 97 Cases... 24% Infection Route 'Unknown', 1 in 4 Confirmed Patients

On the 9th, a religious facility in Goean-dong, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, where a COVID-19 cluster infection occurred, is firmly closed.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] On the 12th, Lunar New Year’s Day, as cluster infections continued nationwide, signs of a resurgence of the third wave of COVID-19 are emerging. New cluster infections were also confirmed in vulnerable facilities such as saunas, nursing homes, and call centers in the Seoul area, while additional confirmed cases continued daily in the cluster outbreak related to Yeongsaenggyo in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province.

22 New Cases in One Day Related to Bucheon Yeongsaenggyo and Tutoring Academy

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH), as of midnight on the day, 22 additional positive cases were confirmed related to the Yeongsaenggyo Seungri Altar and Ojeong Neungnyeok Tutoring Academy cluster infections in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, bringing the total confirmed cases to 123. Among the 22 new cases, 17 are Yeongsaenggyo church members and their families, and the remaining 5 are related to the tutoring academy.

In Seoul, at a sauna in Gangdong-gu, after the first confirmed case (index patient) on the 8th, 12 additional positive cases were confirmed during contact tracing, increasing the total confirmed cases to 13. Among them, including the index patient, 5 are employees, 7 are customers, and 1 is a family member of a confirmed case.

Also, in the fourth case at a call center in Jung-gu, Seoul, a total of 15 people have been infected so far, including facility workers and family members of confirmed cases, since the 30th of last month.

Regarding a nursing facility in Eunpyeong-gu, after the first patient on the 5th of this month, 13 additional positive cases were confirmed. Among the total 14 cases, 6 are family members including the index patient, and 8 are residents.

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Additional confirmed cases also emerged from existing cluster infection cases.

Confirmed cases related to Hanyang University Hospital in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, increased by 2 from the previous day to 97, and 8 more cases were added related to an acquaintance gathering in Yongsan-gu, bringing the total to 55.

In Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, related to a Mu-dojang (martial arts gym), 18 additional cases were confirmed during contact tracing, raising the total to 42, and in Ansan-si’s manufacturing and Islamic center cases, 5 more tested positive, increasing the total to 24.

In Seo-gu, Incheon, 8 more cases related to family and acquaintances were confirmed, totaling 21, and in the same area, 3 additional positive cases were confirmed during tracing related to an interior design business, bringing the total to 14.

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In non-capital regions, confirmed cases continued mainly around existing infection clusters.

Regarding the IM Mission cluster infection, 2 more cases were added, totaling 417. Among these, confirmed cases related to educational facilities in Gwangju, including a church in Buk-gu, Gwangju, total 231.

In relation to Antioch Church in Seo-gu, Gwangju, 2 additional church members tested positive during contact tracing, increasing the total confirmed cases to 144.

The cluster infection in a family in Buk-gu, Daegu, spread to a nearby dental clinic and restaurant, with a total of 28 confirmed cases so far.

Also, in the rehabilitation hospital case in Jung-gu, Busan, 4 more cases were added, bringing the total to 42, and in a nursing facility in Haeundae-gu, one additional staff member and one patient tested positive, totaling 21 confirmed cases. In two bathhouse cases in Dongnae-gu, Busan, 2 more customers were confirmed during contact tracing, increasing the total to 10.

Meanwhile, the proportion of patients who do not know when or where they were infected rose to the 24% range.

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