New Year’s family meeting confirmed one after another… Corona 19 Busan 20 people re-enter
Reporter Baeksang Kim [email protected]
Input: 2021-02-17 14:37:55Revision: 2021-02-17 15:01:34Published: 2021-02-17 15:01:46
On the 15th, the first day after the Lunar New Year holidays, on the 15th, a lot of citizens line up to be tested at the Corona 19 Temporary Screening and Inspection Center in Amusement Maru, Busanjin-gu, Busan. Reporter Jeong Jong-hoe jjh@
As cases of infection after attending family meetings during the Lunar New Year holidays occurred one after another, the number of corona19 confirmed patients in Busan per day again entered the 20s.
The city of Busan announced that 26 new confirmed cases were added on the afternoon of the 17th, and the cumulative number of Corona 19 was 3091.
In particular, two additional cases of group infection were confirmed through family gatherings during the Lunar New Year holidays. On the 16th, the quarantine authorities confirmed that the existing patient had a family meeting of six people at the parent’s house in Yeongdo-gu, Busan on the 12th, and as a result of testing, all of them were confirmed. The quarantine authorities also confirmed that they violated the quarantine rules for banning private gatherings with more than 5 people.
In addition, as a result of an epidemiological investigation of a Gyeongnam patient confirmed on the 15th, it was confirmed that a family meeting was held in Gimhae on the 12th and in Busanjin-gu on the 13th. A total of 11 people gathered for two days, and a total of 9 people were confirmed, including 5 people in Busan, 3 people in Gyeongnam, and 1 person in Gyeongbuk.
In connection with the Nam-gu family gathering, where a group infection was previously confirmed, five additional families of insurance company employees, where one of the family members worked, were also infected. As a result, there were 22 cumulative confirmed cases related to family and insurance companies. The Nam-gu family meeting took place on the 11th to 12th, and six members of the family who attended were confirmed on the 15th. As a result of an investigation by the quarantine authorities, it was revealed that these families also violated the ban on private gatherings with five or more people.
In addition, 1 Songsan nursing home worker and 1 patient were included in the new confirmed cases on this day. There were 31 cumulative confirmed cases in this hospital. In addition, at the examination before entering the nursing hospital, one was positive, and a family member of the existing confirmed patient was confirmed. A Busan family member of a confirmed patient in the Asan factory of Cricket Boiler in Asan, where the collective infection occurred, was also confirmed. There are also three confirmed cases of unknown infection route.
Lee So-ra, head of the Busan City Citizens’ Prevention Promotion Manager, said, “There are a number of family-to-family infections that were concerned after the Lunar New Year holiday. Please keep it strictly.” Reporter Baeksang Kim [email protected]