Busan General Hospital Reports 5 Cluster Infections in Two Days... 17 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Busan

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Five people were infected in a cluster at a general hospital in Busan within two days.

Additionally, on the 18th, 17 people in Busan were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, including a person who tested positive after meeting family in Seoul during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Busan City announced that from the afternoon of the 17th to the morning of the 18th, 17 people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total confirmed cases to 3,108.

Among the additional confirmed cases, four were employees of Haedong Hospital in Yeongdo-gu, Busan.

After tracing the movements of patient number 3067, who tested positive on the afternoon of the 16th, the health authorities confirmed that the patient had cared for patients at this hospital for more than a week. They conducted a full investigation of 189 patients and 354 staff members, identifying four additional infected individuals.

Busan City is currently investigating the scale and risk level of contacts of the confirmed employees and is considering cohort isolation measures.

Busan case number 3095 is known to have visited family in Seoul during the Lunar New Year holiday and came into contact with a confirmed case.

Two self-quarantined staff members at the Ansim Elderly Care Facility, where the cluster infection occurred, were also infected, increasing the total confirmed cases at this facility to 13.

One colleague of Ulsan case number 953, who tested positive after visiting a funeral hall in Buk-gu, Busan, was also confirmed positive on the same day.

Two more people, including family members and contacts of confirmed cases who were self-quarantined related to a math academy in Dongnae-gu where five confirmed cases had been reported by the 11th, were also confirmed positive.

In addition, six people tested positive due to family transmission, and two others with unknown infection routes are currently under epidemiological investigation.

A resident of Songsan Nursing Home in Jung-gu (case number 2986), who was confirmed positive on February 12, passed away six days after treatment, raising the total number of deaths in Busan to 102.

A Busan health official stated, “The number of confirmed cases in the past week is showing an increasing trend compared to last week.”

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