Gwangju 8 New COVID-19 Cases on 24th ... Jeonnam National University Hospital Patient Tests Positive After Admission

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Eight new confirmed cases were reported in Gwangju Metropolitan City in one day.

According to Gwangju City on the 25th, eight people were confirmed positive as of the previous day, classified as Gwangju cases 2357 to 2364.

Cases 2357 and 2358 in Gwangju are employees of an outsourced medical facility located in Gwangju.

In particular, case 2357 was confirmed positive despite having received the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine, prompting health authorities to investigate the cause. The exact route of infection is still unknown.

Case 2358 was confirmed positive after contact with case 2357.

Case 2359 in Gwangju was identified as related to case 933 in Cheongju, another region. The infection route of the Cheongju case remains unidentified.

Cases 2360 and 2363 in Gwangju were infected in connection with case 2339, who was confirmed positive on the 22nd after attending a golf tournament held at a golf course in Gangjin, Jeonnam. Health authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations focusing on attendees of the golf tournament.

Case 2361 voluntarily visited the Gwangju City Hall screening clinic and was confirmed positive after contact with case 2352. The infection route of the initial case 2352 is under investigation.

Case 2362 is a confirmed case from a social gathering in Damyang, where the spread of infection has somewhat subsided. The individual was under self-quarantine and developed symptoms before being finally confirmed positive.

Case 2364, added overnight, is a patient hospitalized at Chonnam National University Hospital. The patient was admitted after testing negative for COVID-19 but later tested positive in a subsequent hospital test.

Health authorities are conducting tests on medical staff and contacts in the patient's hospital room and are planning an on-site investigation.

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