Infection Spark from Seoul Soonchunhyang University Hospital Reaches Gwangju... 3 Related Confirmed Cases Reported

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The infection originating from Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where some wards were placed under cohort isolation due to cluster infections among medical staff and patients, has spread beyond the region to Gwangju Metropolitan City.

According to Gwangju City on the 14th, as of 2 p.m. that day, three people tested positive and were classified as Gwangju cases 1947 to 1949.

All of them are believed by health authorities to have been infected by Seoul Yongsan case number 634. It is known that they had a gathering with Yongsan 634 on the 10th.

Yongsan case 634, confirmed positive on the 13th, is an employee of Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Seoul, where a cluster infection recently occurred.

Since the first confirmed case at this hospital on the 12th, patients, caregivers, and medical staff have been consecutively confirmed positive, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 55 as of today.

Health authorities are identifying additional contacts of Gwangju cases 1947 to 1949, who are registered as local infections.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gwangju area has increased to 1,949.

New confirmed cases during the Lunar New Year holiday period were 6 on the 11th, 3 on the 12th, 2 on the 13th, and 3 on the 14th (still being tallied).

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