On the 26th in Hongseong, Chungcheongnam-do, five Thais (38-42) were confirmed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Foreign workers are being tested at the Corona 19 Mobile Screening Clinic installed in the industrial complex in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan-si. News 1
They were classified as contacts of Thais in their 30s (Hongseong No. 33) who were confirmed the day before and were examined. On that day, five additional people were notified of positive, and the total number of Thai infections in Hongseong area reached 10. It was confirmed that the 33rd confirmed person in Hongseong visited a grocery store in Byeongcheon-myeon, Cheonan-si, where the outbreak of Thai infection occurred, with colleagues from the 19th to 20th. You can eat or buy Thai groceries here. On the second floor, Cheonan explained that there is a space where people can gather and chat.
Until now, the number of confirmed Thais in the province related to this grocery store has increased to 54 (including the confirmed case of Chungbuk). The quarantine authorities are investigating the movement of the confirmed cases.
Currently, Chungnam-do and Cheonan-si are fully investigating illegal aliens, including close contacts, to block the spread of Corona 19, so the number of confirmed cases is expected to increase.
The city of Cheonan posts information placards in foreign languages on Byeongcheon-myeon where group infections occurred, and tests are conducted at mobile screening clinics. Along with this, with the help of the Cheonan City Doctors Association, 34 medical staff were supported to conduct a full-scale examination of foreign workers including illegal residents.
Cheonan City decided to inspect all foreign workers, including illegal residents, for free. Cheonan Mayor Park Sang-don said, “It is to make illegal immigrants actively participate in the prosecution.” Earlier, the city of Cheonan surveyed 4,000 foreign workers in Cheonan in November as a preemptive quarantine measure.
Cheonan = Reporter Kim Bang-hyun [email protected]