Suncheon-si Reports 19 COVID-19 Cases Over 3 Days

Confirmed Cases: 3 on the 4th, 14 on the 5th, and 2 on the 6th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] In Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Heo Seok), 19 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed over three days, raising tension.

Following the confirmation of three patients who visited a certain surgical clinic in Jogok-dong on the 4th, 14 more cases were confirmed in a cluster the day before, and two additional cases were confirmed on the morning of the 6th, according to the city health authorities.

Suncheon case number 171 was classified as a contact of a confirmed patient from a medical device testing group located in Jogo-dong and tested positive on the 6th. Suncheon case number 172, a user of the surgical clinic, was confirmed positive through a screening test at the public health center on the 6th.

Meanwhile, despite 19 confirmed cases over three days, citizens are expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of proper disclosure of the confirmed patients' movement routes.

The city health authorities sent the first disaster alert message at 6:43 p.m. on the 4th and issued a total of 11 messages by 10 a.m. on the 6th. Among these, only four messages concerned the movement routes of confirmed patients, totaling eight messages.

Citizen A said, "It is hard to understand the administration’s approach when only 11 disaster messages were sent despite 19 confirmed cases," adding, "Instead of just raising social distancing levels, there should have been health administration efforts to build trust regularly."

During Mayor Heo Seok’s briefing, which was live-streamed online the day before, a comment appeared saying, "People in Jorye-dong are not following quarantine laws," and "Please enforce the regulations."

A city official stated, "We disclose information according to quarantine laws," adding, "If visitors or contacts are identified, their movement routes are not disclosed."

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