21 additional foreigners have been confirmed with the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) that started at a food store in Cheonan, Chungnam.
According to the city of Cheonan on the 27th, 17 foreign confirmed cases related to food stores in Byeongcheon-myeon (Cheonan 627~643) were added. They were confirmed late in the afternoon the previous day, Cheonan explained.
In Hongseong, four Thai people (No. 44-47) were confirmed on this day. As a result, on the 23rd, the number of cumulative confirmed cases related to this food store, which started when one Thai person in their 30s (No. 528 in Cheonan) was infected, increased to 85. Most of these confirmed cases are Thai. By region, there were 69 in Cheonan, 14 in Hongseong, and 2 in Cheongju.
On the afternoon of the 24th, citizens are waiting for the order of examination at the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) screening clinic in Bongseo Hall, Cheonan City Hall, Buldang-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do. yunhap news
According to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand the day before, the first confirmed person (No. 528 in Cheonan), an employee of a food company, met a total of 90 Thai migrant workers at a Thai food store in Byeongcheon. Cheonan explained that on the second floor of a store where you can eat or buy Thai groceries, there is a place to gather and chat.
It was confirmed that the first confirmed Thai in Hongseong (Hongseong No. 33) also visited a Thai grocery store in Cheonan on the 19th-20th with a colleague. Hong Seong-gun is conducting full inspection on foreigners residing in the building, including Thais who have been in close contact. Currently, more than 500 foreigners are waiting for the test results.
The city of Cheonan posts information placards in foreign languages on Byeongcheon-myeon where group infections occurred, and tests are conducted at mobile screening clinics. Along with this, with the help of the Cheonan City Doctors Association, 34 medical staff were supported to conduct a full-scale examination of foreign workers including illegal residents.
Cheonan City decided to inspect all foreign workers, including illegal residents, for free. Cheonan Mayor Park Sang-don said, “It is to make illegal immigrants actively participate in the prosecution.” Earlier, Cheonan City inspected 4,000 foreign workers in Cheonan in November as a preemptive prevention.
Cheonan = Reporter Kim Bang-hyun [email protected]