[전국]15 confirmed cases related to church in Gwangju… lead to sporadic infections

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

Sporadic infections are continuing nationwide, with confirmed cases being followed by religious facilities and hospitals.

Let’s take a closer look by connecting reporters. Reporter Sang-gon Lee!

What is the local corona situation?

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

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

Overnight, 5 additional people, including those who contacted the infected person, were tested positive, and the cumulative confirmed number increased to 19.

It was on the 17th that the first confirmed person came out from a church in Seocheon-eup.

After the congregation confirmed to have contact with an infected person in another area was confirmed, 4 additional members, including the congregation and the pastor, were confirmed to be infected.

As a result of an epidemiological investigation by the quarantine authorities, it was found that the pastor of the church had been to the Boryeong Prayer Center two days before being confirmed.

After that, additional contact tests were conducted, and visitors to the prayer center and their families were successively tested positive.

The quarantine authorities believe that the pastor was infected through a church small group on the 13th and then spread through prayer centers.

In Sejong, 10 family members have been confirmed at once, and small-scale group infections are continuing throughout the region.

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There are still confirmed cases in hospitals in quarantine in the same group?

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Yes, this is Somang Hospital in Eumseong, Chungbuk.

After the first patient was released on the 17th of last month, the same group is being quarantined.

As a result of the total test, 5 additional patients were tested positive, and the cumulative number of confirmed patients increased to 170.

In the midst of this, the police are actively conducting an investigation into Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital, which has recently been removed from the same group quarantine.

Goesan-gun previously accused Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital of forgery of private documents and late reporting of infectious diseases to the police.

The Goesan Police Department recently called three hospital doctors and administrative staff to investigate the transfer of patients by filling out false statements.

In a police investigation, the executive office staff reportedly stated that he had prepared a remark at random, and the doctors were allegedly not involved.

The police said they plan to close the case soon and send the executive officers and the chairman of the office to the prosecution in a disabled state.

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