[사회]Hanyang University Hospital 4 additional confirmed cases… 2 out of 3 cases in Korea are in the metropolitan area

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At the Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul where the outbreak of infection occurred, four additional people were confirmed, and the number of related confirmed patients increased to 31.

In Seoul and other metropolitan areas, small group infections continue through language academies, workplaces, and homeless facilities.

Connect to reporters who are out on site. Reporter Kim Dae-gyeom!

The number of confirmed patients related to Hanyang University Hospital increased to thirty.

What is the current progress of quarantine such as full inspection?

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Yes, until yesterday, this Hanyang University Hospital operated a’temporary screening laboratory’ to conduct a full examination of staff, patients, and guardians.

Currently, only screening clinics are operated for general citizens after all tests have been completed.

To date, 1,594 people have applied for the full test, of which 349 are waiting for the test results.

Here at Hanyang University Hospital, the first confirmed person came out on the 27th.

The first confirmed patient was a family of patients admitted to the neurosurgery ward on the 15th floor of the hospital.

Since then, the infection spread rapidly, and 31 people have been confirmed so far.

Yesterday alone, four more people tested positive for 10 patients, 4 employees, 8 caregivers, and 8 families.

The hospital has quarantined the 15th floor ward where the confirmed person was found in the same group, and other hospital facilities such as the emergency room are operating normally.

Epidemiological investigations on the pathology, contacts, and infection routes of confirmed patients are still ongoing today.

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There is also a trend of small-scale group infections in the metropolitan area, including five confirmed patients at Boramae Hospital in Seoul.

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Yes, it is.

Not only here at Hanyang University Hospital, but also at Boramae Hospital in Seoul, where five confirmed patients came out, the related wards were closed, patients and medical staff were isolated, and diagnostic tests were conducted.

In addition, small group infections are continuing in the metropolitan area

The quarantine authorities said yesterday that 224 out of the 325 confirmed cases in Korea came from the metropolitan area, about 69%.

In the case of major infections, 4 additional confirmed cases were confirmed at homeless facilities in Seoul Station, and the number of related confirmed cases increased to 46.

There were 11 cumulative confirmed cases related to work in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul on the 28th,

The number of confirmed cases related to childcare facilities in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, which started on the same day, has increased to 14 so far.

Small group infections in the metropolitan area continue, with 29 confirmed cases related to the language academy in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, where there were confirmed cases on the 12th.

Until now, YTN Kim Dae-gyeom at Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul[[email protected]]is.

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