Geochang-gun Reports 9 New COVID-19 Cases... Contact with Confirmed Cases from Other Areas

Geochang 116th Case Related: 1 Person, 8 Workers from Service Company in Contact with Confirmed Cases from Other Areas

Deputy Governor Choi Young-ho COVID-19 Briefing [Image source=Geochang-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 5th, Geochang County, Gyeongnam Province, classified one person (Geochang case 117) as a contact of Geochang case 116 and tested them, and eight others (Geochang cases 118 to 125) who were tested after contact with confirmed cases from other regions were confirmed positive on the 6th.

Geochang case 117 was an acquaintance of Geochang case 116, who was confirmed positive on the 5th, and it was revealed that they had lunch together on September 30.

Additionally, Geochang cases 118 to 125 are composed of one domestic driver and seven foreign workers belonging to a manpower service company in Gajo-myeon. It was confirmed that they had close contact with a confirmed case from Dalseong County, Daegu, who was confirmed positive on the 5th, by sharing the same vehicle or accommodation until the 3rd.

Including the confirmed case from Dalseong County, Daegu, Geochang cases 118 to 125 were found to have worked at a garlic farm in Changnyeong County, where many COVID-19 cases recently occurred, from September 23 to 26.

Currently, the county epidemiological investigation team is conducting detailed epidemiological investigations, including tracing movements and identifying contacts. From the 6th, an additional dedicated screening clinic has been set up at the public health center to conduct tests targeting personnel related to local manpower offices.

Close contacts identified so far have been subjected to testing, self-quarantine, and passive monitoring measures, and disinfection and closure orders have been completed for the residences and visited locations of the confirmed cases.

Gu In-mo, the mayor of Geochang County, said, “Recently, there have been successive cluster infections of COVID-19 among foreign workers nationwide,” and added, “We ask farms to actively cooperate in preventing infection transmission by confirming a negative COVID-19 test result conducted within the last 72 hours before deploying foreign workers to the work site and thoroughly monitoring for suspicious symptoms.”

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