'Close Contact with Confirmed Cases' Cabinet Members All Test Negative for COVID-19

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Son Seonhee] All Cabinet members who were tested after contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case have received negative results.

According to the Office for Government Policy Coordination on the 13th, Choi Jong-moon, the 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, who attended the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office on the 11th, tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, all 16 Cabinet members who attended the meeting, including Jeon Hae-cheol, Minister of the Interior and Safety, Seo Wook, Minister of National Defense, and Noh Hyung-wook, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and received negative results by the morning of the same day.

The health authorities considered that all attendees at the Cabinet meeting wore masks, partitions were installed in the meeting room, and social distancing was properly maintained according to regulations. Therefore, they judged that there were no close contacts and classified them as active monitors.

Following the negative test results, the Cabinet members are scheduled to proceed with their planned activities normally starting today.

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