Wando-gun Reports 3 New COVID-19 Cases, 'On High Alert'

Request to Refrain from Visiting the Capital Area, Meeting Outsiders, and Private Gatherings

[Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] On the 11th, Jeonnam Wando-gun announced that three COVID-19 cases were confirmed at 10 p.m. on the 10th.

The three confirmed cases are residents of Geumil-eup and were infected after having a private gathering with patient number 3001 from Gwangju Metropolitan City, who visited their hometown on the 5th to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Geumil-eup mayor, a former classmate. The three confirmed cases are scheduled to be transferred to treatment hospitals on the 11th.

The county is conducting an epidemiological investigation and has taken measures for close contacts to self-isolate and enter safe accommodations. On the morning of the 11th, a temporary screening clinic was set up at the Geumil-eup Multipurpose Center to conduct PCR tests on all residents who had direct or indirect contact with the confirmed cases.

Meanwhile, an employee of a Seoul-based service company who visited Nohwa, Sowan, and Bogil from the 5th to the 8th for consulting on the Fishermen’s New Deal 300 project was confirmed positive, prompting the installation of mobile screening clinics in the three towns and townships to collect specimens.

Community centers, village halls, and daycare centers in the four towns and townships of Geumil, Nohwa, Soan, and Bogil will be closed temporarily.

County Governor Shin Woo-cheol stated, “As the fourth wave is intensifying, vigilance must never be relaxed,” and urged, “Since 80% of recent COVID-19 cases are concentrated in the metropolitan area, please refrain from visiting the metropolitan area, meeting outsiders, and private gatherings, and strictly follow mask-wearing and social distancing.”

Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil ckp6737@asiae.co.kr

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