One Correctional Officer Confirmed COVID-19 Positive in Daejeon... Full Testing of About 780 Inmates and Staff Conducted

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] One correctional officer in Daejeon has tested positive for COVID-19. Health authorities are conducting diagnostic tests on about 780 people related to the correctional facility where the infected officer works.

According to Daejeon City on the 2nd, correctional officer A, who works at a local correctional facility, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 the previous day.

The city confirmed that Officer A, his spouse, and their daughter (in her teens, classified as close contact) were infected with COVID-19 during diagnostic testing of close contacts related to the 'n-th wave infection' at a welfare center located in Birae-dong, Daedeok-gu.

Initially, Officer A's daughter was identified as a close contact of a confirmed case linked to the Daedeok-gu welfare center, who tested positive on the 29th, at a local Kendo center.

Health authorities confirmed that Officer A had been attending work at the correctional facility until the 30th of last month and are conducting comprehensive testing on about 780 people, including approximately 100 inmates who had close contact with Officer A and about 680 correctional officers and staff within the facility.

The test results for these individuals are expected to be released by the morning of the 2nd.

Meanwhile, in Daejeon, a total of 384 people tested positive for COVID-19 over five days from the 27th to the 31st of last month: 75 on the 27th, 69 on the 28th, 85 on the 29th, 86 on the 30th, and 69 on the 31st. This averages to 76.8 new confirmed cases per day.

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