Five COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Hampyeong, Jeonnam

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] In Hampyeong, Jeonnam, starting with the confirmation of COVID-19 in patient number 862, a supermarket worker, on the 1st, four additional confirmed cases have occurred.

According to Hampyeong County on the 2nd, the county tested about 500 close contacts and others, and four more people tested positive, including the family members of patient 862 (patients 864 and 865) and people who drank tea together (patients 867 and 868).

Patient number 862 in Jeonnam is an employee working at a supermarket in the Hampyeong area. Symptoms such as cough and muscle pain appeared on the 28th of last month, and the patient visited the Hampyeong County screening clinic for testing and was confirmed positive around 10 a.m. that day.

The quarantine authorities plan to conduct epidemiological investigations and proceed with additional testing.

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