One Patent Office Examiner Tests Positive for COVID-19... From Sejong Daycare Center

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] One examiner at the Korean Intellectual Property Office tested positive for COVID-19. The confirmed examiner is identified as a family member of a child attending a daycare center in Sejong.

According to the Government Daejeon Complex Management Office on the 25th, examiner A, who works in Building 4 of the Government Daejeon Complex, tested positive for COVID-19 on the same day.

A is a family member of a child attending a daycare center located in Sodam-dong, Sejong City, where a cluster infection occurred the previous day.

The Government Daejeon Complex Management Office closed the 10th floor of Building 4, where A works, and disinfected the entire Building 4.

Previously, six other confirmed cases were reported at the Government Daejeon Complex besides A.

Meanwhile, on the previous day in Sejong, 20 people tested positive, including eight daycare children, three family members of the children, six staff members such as teachers, and three family members of the staff.

Health authorities conducted an epidemiological investigation targeting about 300 people, including close contacts and cohabiting family members of the confirmed cases related to the daycare cluster infection. It is reported that A was confirmed positive for COVID-19 during this process.

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