'Two-Digit COVID-19 Cases in Gwangju After 22 Days, Two Days Before Phased Daily Recovery...'

23 Foreigners and Others 'Positive'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] As cluster infections occurred at foreign worker shelters in Gwangju, the number of daily confirmed cases increased to the 20s for the first time in 22 days.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 31st, 23 people were confirmed positive the previous day, classified as cases 5349 to 5371.

Seven cases are related to the foreign worker shelter located in Dong-gu, six cases are related to administrative orders at employment agencies, six cases are related to manufacturing companies in other regions, three cases are related to existing confirmed patients, and one case has an unknown infection route.

All seven cases related to the foreign worker shelter are foreigners of East Timor nationality. Among about ten people who sat together with case 5325, a confirmed patient of the same nationality on the 28th, seven were confirmed positive.

Case 5325 was confirmed positive on the 27th after contact with case 1608 in Gumi, Gyeongbuk.

Six foreign workers from Cambodia, Thailand, and other countries related to employment agencies were also confirmed positive, and most of them are known to have been infected within factories.

Six confirmed cases were also classified as related to a manufacturing company in Damyang, Jeonnam.

When a family of five was confirmed positive in Gwangju on the 29th, the quarantine authorities conducted an epidemiological investigation and confirmed that one family member worked at a manufacturing company in Jeonnam, leading to a full investigation that identified two confirmed cases.

Subsequently, four family members of one of the two confirmed cases were also found to be additionally infected, resulting in a chain infection.

The quarantine authorities are intensifying epidemiological investigations to quickly identify additional confirmed cases and prevent further chain infections.

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