'26 Cases in 18 Months → 8 Cases in Two Days' Shock in Uljin-gun... County Governor Jeon Chang-geol: "Local Infection Spreading Rapidly"

Following 5 Cases the Previous Day, 3 More Confirmed on the Morning of the 21st... Uljin-gun Appeals to Citizens for "Testing if Symptoms Suspected"

Jeon Chang-geol, Uljin County Governor, is seen on the 21st issuing an "Appeal to the Citizens" following the occurrence of multiple confirmed cases.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in February last year, the number of confirmed cases in Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk, had been only 26 until now, but 8 people tested positive over two days on the 20th and 21st.

Among the three confirmed cases who tested positive on the morning of the 21st, two are employees of restaurants in the town center with high foot traffic and were close contacts of confirmed cases from the previous day, raising concerns about a cluster infection.

Uljin-gun regards this as the start of local transmission and is making every effort to break the chain of infection by conducting tests on 432 people after setting up an additional temporary screening clinic in the parking lot of the county gymnasium on the 21st, following 748 tests the previous day.

In this regard, Jeon Chang-geol, the mayor of Uljin-gun, issued an appeal to the public on the same day, stating, "COVID-19 has begun to spread rapidly even in our county, which had been relatively stable," and emphasized, "Those with suspicious symptoms should immediately get tested at a screening clinic."

The mayor said, "At this point, it is difficult to predict how many more people will be confirmed positive tomorrow," and added, "Although this is the first time we are experiencing such a situation and it may cause confusion and anxiety, it is precisely at times like this that we must accurately understand the situation and respond cautiously according to the principles."

He continued, "We will actively operate temporary screening clinics according to the situation and continue to accelerate vaccinations to narrow down blind spots in quarantine," and added, "We will carefully consider raising the social distancing level if necessary while monitoring the situation."

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