19 more confirmed in Busan on the 15th
On the 8th, four days before the Lunar New Year holiday, a banner hung on the roadside in Suyeong-gu, Busan, recommending refraining from visiting their hometown to prevent the spread of Corona 19. Reporter Song Bong-geun
Six family members who had a family gathering on New Year’s Day in Busan were confirmed to have a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Health authorities are reviewing the penalties for violations of the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people.
Busan City is reviewing the disposal of fines
The Busan city health authorities announced on the 15th that as a result of examining 2761 suspected patients the day before, 19 (3030-3048) were tested positive for Corona 19.
Among them, six families in Busan and Gyeongnam who had a family meeting in Busan on New Year’s Day were confirmed. Five Busan family members (3032, 3033, 3025, 3037, 3038) who contacted during a meeting at their parents’ home in Nam-gu, Busan on the 11th and 12th during the Lunar New Year holidays were confirmed.
The first confirmed case in Gyeongnam (No. 2056) living in Gimhae was confirmed, and other families in Busan were confirmed asymptomatic. It is known that these families gathered together with eight people, including one grandchild, during the Lunar New Year meeting. Health officials estimate that the Busan family was infected from the Gyeongnam family.
6 people confirmed as a family gathering on New Year’s Day
On the 14th, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, a citizen who wants to undergo a corona 19 test at a temporary screening station installed at the amusement park in Busanjin-gu, Busan, is waiting for their turn with an umbrella. Reporter Song Bong-geun
The health authorities are planning to investigate how these family members violate the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people, such as whether these family members gathered at one time or another, and are planning to impose a fine of 100,000 won each. Because fines are imposed on all violators, the likelihood of eight of these families being fined is increased. The ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people went into effect on December 24 last year at 00:00.
A fine of 100,000 won for all family members
In addition, one additional patient in Gijang Hospital, who was in quarantine from the same group, was confirmed that day, and a total of 20 patients, including 9 patients, 5 employees, and 6 contacts, were confirmed at the hospital. In addition, one person who was self-isolating as a family member of the Busan Port Transport Union was confirmed, and the number of additional confirmed cases related to the Port Transport Union increased to 34 union members and 33 contacts. One Busan citizen who was hospitalized at Soonchunhyang Hospital in Seoul and discharged on the 8th was also confirmed.
A health official said, “Even during the Lunar New Year holidays, patients related to group facilities such as nursing homes continued to occur, and cases of contact with confirmed patients in other regions and cases of infection within their families are occurring.” I ask you to keep it thoroughly.”
Busan = Reporter Hwang Sun-yoon [email protected]