[Breaking] Infection Alert from Seoul Hospitals... Confirmed Cases Continue at Seoul National University, Korea University Anam, Soonchunhyang University, and Others

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] COVID-19 infections continue among medical staff and patients at large general hospitals in Seoul, raising concerns about cluster infections originating from these hospitals.

At Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Yongsan-gu, 171 confirmed cases have been reported, and at Hanyang University Hospital in Seongdong-gu, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is 98. Since large general hospitals have many severe patients, medical staff, and visitors, the possibility of large-scale spread following cluster infections is high, prompting alert from health authorities.

According to Seoul city officials on the 18th, a professor in the Department of Pediatric Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu tested positive for COVID-19. The professor is reported to have participated in surgeries until just before the positive diagnosis.

At Korea University Anam Hospital in Seongbuk-gu, one nurse also tested positive. After the confirmed case, health authorities tested 40 to 50 people, all of whom received negative results.

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