[전국]10 confirmed cases at Busan nursing hospital… increasing infections related to religious facilities

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We will also look at the situation of Corona 19 in regions excluding the metropolitan area.

As new group infections have been confirmed, centering on religious facilities and nursing hospitals, confirmed cases are following.

Connect with reporters. Reporter Sang-gon Lee!

Are new cases of outbreaks being confirmed?

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In Gwangju, a group infection centered on the church was confirmed.

It is a church in Buk-gu, Gwangju.

Since the first confirmed yesterday, 14 additional members, including church members and family members, were tested positive in the process of examining close contacts.

It has been reported that confirmed members of the church attended a worship service together from the 17th and started as a choir.

The quarantine authorities plan to determine whether or not to inspect all members after evaluating the risk of the site.

In Busan, 10 confirmed patients came from Bugok Nursing Hospital in Geumjeong-gu.

In the preemptive examination of the workers, one employee was first tested positive.

Afterwards, a full examination was conducted on the patients in ward 3, where the confirmed patient was employed, and 9 patients have been confirmed so far.

The quarantine authorities said they had tested all patients and were developing an infection control plan.

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Additional infected people have been confirmed in all regions except Daejeon. What is the situation of corona confirmed cases in other regions?

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In Chungnam, confirmed cases related to the Seocheon Church and Boryeong Prayer Center continue to appear.

Five additional people, including contacts of infected people, were tested positive and the number of confirmed cases increased to 19.

Of the new confirmed cases, three were confirmed as members of another church, and one user was confirmed in the bathhouse where the previous infected person went.

In one church in Seocheon-eup, a member who had contact with an infected person in another region was tested positive for the first time on the 17th.

Since then, it has been confirmed that four more people, including church members and pastors, have been infected, and there are several confirmed cases in relation to the Boryeong Prayer Center, which the pastor visited two days before the diagnosis was confirmed.

The quarantine authorities believe that the infection spread through visitors who contacted the prayer center after the pastor was infected in a church small group on the 13th.

In Sejong, 10 family members were confirmed at once, and 6 additional people were tested positive for a screen golf practice range in Buk-gu, Daegu where group infections were confirmed.

In other regions, small-scale infections are continuing, and the situation is still unsafe.

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