Infection Spread Intensifies from Bar in Busan... 26 Additional Cases Confirmed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] As the spread of COVID-19 intensifies mainly around pubs in Busan, it has been reported that 26 people were confirmed positive in a cluster.

On the 4th, Busan city health authorities announced in a COVID-19 written briefing that 26 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in one day, including 1 case in the afternoon of the previous day and 25 cases in the morning of the same day. Since a visitor to a nightlife pub in Haeundae-gu was confirmed positive on the 2nd, additional infections have continued to occur.

According to Busan city’s investigation, on the 3rd, 3 employees of the nightlife pub were confirmed positive, and on the 4th, 1 family contact of an existing confirmed case and 2 employees were additionally confirmed positive. So far, the cumulative confirmed cases include 1 visitor, 5 employees, and 1 contact, totaling 7 people.

Additional confirmed cases related to a sensory pub in Busanjin-gu, the central area of Busan, have also occurred. After 2 confirmed cases from Seoul visited, 2 visitors at the pub were confirmed positive, and at another sensory pub, 1 visitor was confirmed positive after a confirmed case from Seoul had visited. As a result, the total number of confirmed cases related to sensory pubs in Busan has increased to 25. Among the 25, 14 are confirmed cases from the Busan area, and 11 are from other cities and provinces.

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