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Amid a mass infection of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at a manufacturer located in Namyangju, the number of confirmed cases in Gyeonggi Province increased to 119.
Gyeonggi-do Corona 19 Emergency Response Director Lim Seung-gwan held a regular press conference on the 18th and said, “Amid repeated news warnings of the increase in the number of confirmed cases, Gyeonggi Province will be more cautious and will thoroughly prepare for the re-proliferation of possible epidemics.” Explained the current status of group infection.
Earlier, on the 16th, an employee residing in Seoul was confirmed to be confirmed, and 169 employees were tested in full.As of 11 am on the 18th, the confirmed cases in the province were 119, including 118 workers and one contact. The nationalities of the workers who were confirmed confirmed are 18 countries including Korea, of which 109 are confirmed foreigners.
One out of eight people who could not be tested is due to be prosecutors, and seven who could not be contacted are constantly trying to contact with the help of Gyeonggi-do foreign policy and interpreters.
The province closed the entire factory building on the 17th, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Gyeonggi-do epidemiological investigators dispatched to the site to collect samples in the production line and dormitory to evaluate the risk of the site.
In addition, a temporary screening and inspection station was installed in the industrial complex to conduct a thorough investigation of 1,300 people in 59 tenant companies, and epidemiological investigations are conducted on restaurants used by employees and shuttle buses within the industrial complex.
As of 0 o’clock on the 18th, the number of confirmed patients in Gyeonggi-do increased by 241 compared to the previous day for a total of 22,043, and there were confirmed cases in 24 cities and counties in the province. It was only 41 days after January 9 that Gyeonggi-do recorded 200 confirmed cases.
As of 8 p.m. on the 17th, a total of 1,630 hospital beds were secured by medical institutions in the province, including hospital beds for general and severely ill patients, and the current bed utilization rate is 47.6%, which uses 776 beds. A total of 198 beds were secured for the treatment of severely ill patients, of which 71 were used, and the current utilization rate is 35.9%.
/ Reporter Yoon Jong-yeol [email protected]
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