Wando-gun Reports One Additional COVID-19 Confirmed Case

Repeated Requests to Refrain from Traveling Outside the Area, Meeting Outsiders, and Canceling Unnecessary Gatherings

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] One new case of COVID-19 infection has been confirmed in Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do.

According to Wando-gun on the 22nd, patient A, who tested positive at 10 p.m. on the 21st, is presumed to have been infected through contact with a confirmed case in Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 18th.

It was confirmed that patient A traveled by private car from Gwangju to Hwahaengpo and then to Soan-myeon on the 18th, went to work on the 19th, visited Mokpo City and Haenam-gun, and then returned to Soan-myeon.

Patient A developed a fever starting on the 20th, received medical treatment at a clinic in Soan-myeon, underwent a PCR test at 11 a.m. on the 21st, and was confirmed positive in the evening.

A county official stated, “The confirmed patient will be transferred to a treatment hospital on the 22nd, and colleagues at the workplace, family members, and clinic staff will undergo PCR testing and be classified as close contacts, then placed in a safe accommodation.”

The county immediately dispatched an epidemiological investigation team to Soan-myeon to conduct an investigation and identified residents who had contact with the confirmed patient, arranging for them to receive diagnostic tests at a mobile screening clinic.

County Governor Shin Woo-cheol expressed regret over the news of the confirmed case, saying, “COVID-19 can be transmitted anytime, anywhere, and in any way, so we must never be complacent. Please strictly follow quarantine rules such as wearing masks and washing hands, refrain from traveling outside the area and meeting outsiders, and cancel gatherings that are not absolutely necessary.”

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