Jogyuil Jinju Mayor's Briefing on COVID-19 Measures

Joo Kyu-il, mayor of Jinju City, is giving a COVID-19 briefing on March 22.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 22nd at 3 p.m., Cho Gyu-il, mayor of Jinju City, held the 401st daily briefing in the city hall briefing room regarding measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and related actions.

On this day, Mayor Cho announced that since the briefing on the 21st, one additional confirmed case (Jinju 709) and 24 new confirmed cases on the 22nd (Jinju 710?733) have been reported.

Among them, 13 cases (Jinju 710?715, 721, 725?730) are related to a sauna cluster infection, 5 cases (Jinju 716?720) are contacts of previously confirmed patients, 6 cases (Jinju 722?724, 731?733) were identified through free rapid proactive testing for citizens, and 1 case (Jinju 709) is related to a nursing hospital.

Regarding the additional 13 confirmed cases related to the sauna cluster infection (Jinju 710?715, 721, 725?730), Jinju 710 and 711 were self-quarantined individuals who were tested at the city health center screening clinic on the 21st before release from quarantine and were confirmed positive around 9 a.m. on the 22nd. The hospital for transfer is currently under discussion.

Jinju 712?715, 721, and 725?730 were tested at the city health center and local hospital screening clinics on the 21st, with 5 confirmed positive around 9 a.m. and 6 confirmed positive around 2 p.m. on the 22nd. The hospital for transfer is under discussion.

Jinju 710, 711, and 715 were in self-quarantine, so they had no movement paths. The movement paths and contacts or exposure of other confirmed cases are currently being investigated.

So far, the total number of confirmed cases related to the sauna cluster infection is 208. Regarding the 5 contacts of previously confirmed patients (Jinju 716?720), Jinju 716 and 717, who were contacts of Jinju 706, were tested at the city health center screening clinic on the 21st and confirmed positive around 9 a.m. on the 22nd.

Jinju 718 is a family contact of Jinju 708, and Jinju 719 and 720 are contacts of Jinju 708. They were tested at the city health center screening clinic on the 21st and confirmed positive around 9 a.m. on the 22nd.

The hospitals for their transfer are under discussion, and their movement paths and contacts or exposure are being investigated. Additionally, among the 6 citizens who underwent free rapid proactive testing (Jinju 722?724, 731?733), 2 were confirmed positive around 9 a.m. and 4 around 2 p.m. on the 22nd after testing at the city health center and local hospital screening clinics on the 21st.

The hospitals for their transfer are under discussion, and their movement paths and contacts or exposure are being investigated. Furthermore, regarding the nursing hospital-related confirmed case (Jinju 709), this patient showed symptoms such as fever and cough on the 20th and was tested at the city health center screening clinic on the 21st, confirmed positive around 8 p.m., and the hospital for transfer is under discussion.

Thus, the total number of confirmed cases related to the nursing hospital has been confirmed as 12. Testing of 36 staff and students at one elementary school related to Jinju 697, confirmed on the 21st, all tested negative.

Next, regarding the COVID-19 spread prevention status, among the cumulative 733 confirmed cases to date, 434 have recovered, 299 are currently hospitalized, and 2,106 are in self-quarantine.

The city has conducted COVID-19 tests on 106,136 people. Among them, 102,934 tested negative, and 2,476 tests are still in progress. For safety management and considerate testing of overseas entrants, 2,366 people have been tested, and since the start of in-person classes in May last year, 5,760 school staff and students have been tested for COVID-19.

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