Geochang, 3 additional COVID-19 confirmed cases... Close contact with confirmed cases in neighboring county
[Break News = Reporter Joo Yun-han] Gyeongnam Geochang-gun was classified as a close contact of the Geochang 144 confirmed case related to the confirmed case in Hamyang-gun on the 16th, and three people who visited the temporary mobile screening center in Wicheon-myeon and tested were confirmed on the 17th (Geochang 145 to 147).
It was confirmed that the Geochang 145 to 147 confirmed patients each had close contact, such as eating or drinking tea with the Geochang 144 confirmed person, as the husband of the Geochang 144, a colleague at the senior employment project, and an acquaintance in the same village.
The military epidemiological investigation team is currently conducting detailed epidemiological investigations, such as identifying the movement of the confirmed person and their contacts. Close contacts identified so far have been tested, self-isolated, and passively monitored, and quarantine and disinfection orders have been completed for the residences and places of visits of confirmed patients.
Geochang-gun conducted tests on 95 people, including contacts and villagers, at the health center screening clinic and Wicheon-myeon temporary mobile screening center on the 16th in relation to the Geochang 144 patient, and all 92 people except 3 confirmed negative.
Gu In-mo, the governor of Geochang County, said, "Since the implementation of the gradual recovery of daily life, the number of confirmed cases is also occurring in the district due to factors such as loosened vigilance, an increase in various gatherings, and the cold weather. Please follow the guidelines and if you have any suspicious symptoms, please take a COVID-19 screening test."