COVID-19 Spread from Foreigners and Churches in Chungbuk... 13 Additional Cases Confirmed

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] Thirteen additional people in Chungcheongbuk-do have tested positive for COVID-19. The spread appears to be centered around foreigners and churches.

According to Chungbuk Province on the 25th, 13 people tested positive for COVID-19, including 8 in Cheongju, 3 in Goesan, and 2 in Danyang.

In Cheongju, since a foreigner in their 30s tested positive on the 22nd of last month, a total of 15 foreigners have tested positive up to this day. On this day in Cheongju, a foreigner in their 30s living in Heungdeok-gu and their child under 10 years old were infected. They are family members of a foreigner under 10 who tested positive the day before, and the infection was confirmed while they were asymptomatic. A foreigner in their 30s in Cheongju Cheongwon-gu also tested positive.

In Cheongju, a person in their 60s who was a coworker of a person in their 50s confirmed positive the previous day also tested positive. Three people tested positive during pre-release quarantine testing, and one person tested positive due to symptom onset testing.

In Goesan, three people including a person in their 70s related to a certain church tested positive. They were asymptomatic at the time of confirmation. Starting from one teenager who tested positive on the 12th, the cluster infection related to the church has increased to 36 people.

In Danyang, a person in their 40s and a person in their 60s who had contact with a confirmed case from Nonsan, Chungnam, tested positive. This brings the cumulative number of cases in Chungbuk to 2,571.

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