14 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Gwangju on the 12th... Sporadic Infections Continue

Concerns Over 'Chain Infection' as Cases with Unknown Infection Routes Spread

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Sporadic chain infections of COVID-19 with unknown transmission routes continue in the Gwangju area.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 13th, 14 people were confirmed positive in one day, classified as cases 4441 to 4454.

Among them, 1 person (case 4442) is related to workplaces employing foreigners, 1 person (case 4448) is related to a logistics center, 1 person (case 4444) is related to testing of foreigners in Gwangsan-gu, 5 people (cases 4441, 4443, 4445, 4447, 4449) are under investigation through symptomatic testing, 1 person (case 4446) is related to a small and medium-sized enterprise employee (case 4306), 1 person (case 4454) is related to a middle school in Buk-gu, and 2 confirmed cases (cases 4450 and 4453) have unknown infection routes. Cases 4451 and 4452 were confirmed to be infections within a family.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases related to workplaces employing foreigners has increased to 77, with 43 new confirmed cases related.

Case 4454 is a student at a middle school in Buk-gu who developed symptoms while in self-quarantine. The total number of confirmed cases related to this middle school has reached 31.

Case 4441, residing in Nam-gu, has an unidentified infection route, and cases 4451 and 4452 were infections transmitted within the family.

The two confirmed cases with unknown infection routes (cases 4450 and 4453) were infected in a chain from acquaintances of cases 4449 and 4109 respectively, raising concerns about secondary infections.

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