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| On the afternoon of the 31st, the arrival hall at Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 is showing a busy appearance. According to the Incheon International Airport Corporation, the number of international passengers at Incheon Airport from January to December of this year was approximately 11.94 million (expected for December). This is only 17% of passengers (75,78,050) last year. International flights also decreased by 76.1%, from 363,478 to about 868,000 during the same period. 2020.12.30/News1 © News1 Reporter Jinhwan Kim |
The city of Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, said that the results of the second novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) test for a man in his 80s who died from a mutant virus infection from the UK and 15 residents who had contact with the man’s family who are currently analyzing the mutation were all negative. It was revealed on the 1st.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected and analyzed a sample of A, a man in his 80s, who died from a cardiac arrest in the corridor after leaving the house to undergo a corona 19 test for self-isolation on the 26th after entering the UK. Japan confirmed that the virus was infected with a mutant virus originating in the UK.
Accordingly, the family B, who entered the country alone on November 8 from the UK, and the other two family members who entered Korea with A on November 13, are also being analyzed for mutant virus infection.
In particular, on the 26th of last month, three officetel residents and four emergency responders who helped in the process of being transferred to the hospital emergency room after a cardiac arrest were classified as close contacts.
In addition, we confirmed 8 people who contacted B during the course of visiting a parent hospital in Ilsan-dong-gu and a beauty salon in Ilsan-dong-gu on the 23rd and 26th of last month.
Accordingly, 10 of these 15 close contacts were self-quarantined, and 5 people were classified as active monitors, including one guest (confirmed by the Goyang City Safety Call List) when visiting the beauty salon.
As a result of conducting two corona 19 tests on them, both were negative on the 1st.
Goyang City also tested for COVID-19 on 116 people regarding the place of residence and visit of Mr. A’s family, and all of them were negative.
On the other hand, the analysis results of the mutation virus infection of the three family members except for the deceased Mr. A will be released this weekend as soon as possible.