12 Additional Domestic Omicron Cases Including 4 Imported... Total 75 Confirmed

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[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] The number of people infected with the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, in South Korea has increased by 12, bringing the total to 75.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced on the 11th at midnight that 12 additional Omicron variant cases had been confirmed.

Among the 12 newly confirmed cases, 4 were imported cases and 8 were domestic infections. Of the 4 imported cases, 2 were arrivals from South Africa, and one each from Nigeria and Iran. Accordingly, the total number of domestic infections has risen to 75, including the 63 variant cases confirmed up to the previous day. By infection route, 19 are imported cases and 56 are domestic infections.

As of midnight the previous day, the CDCH classified a total of 76 people as epidemiologically related to Omicron cases (63 infected and 13 suspected). The CDCH plans to explain the relationship between the 12 newly confirmed Omicron variant cases and earlier confirmed cases in a press release this afternoon.

Most of the confirmed and suspected domestic Omicron variant cases identified up to the previous day are related to a church in Michuhol-gu, Incheon. The spread of Omicron variant infections started from Pastor A and his spouse, members of this church, and has expanded through a chain: Pastor A and spouse’s acquaintance B → B’s family members (C and D) and acquaintance (E) → church members belonging to C, D, and E → family and acquaintances of church members → local community residents who had contact with church members, reaching the fifth generation of infections.

Additionally, some confirmed cases include acquaintances of local community residents and family members of acquaintances of church members, who are classified as suspected cases, raising the possibility of a sixth generation of infections.

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