[전국]Group infection of 53 people in Busan nursing hospital

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At a nursing hospital in Busan, 53 people were diagnosed with Corona 19.

Meanwhile, the spread in Busan continued, with confirmed cases coming out of unknown infection routes constantly, and group infections became a reality.

Reporter Son Jae-ho reports.

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The place where the group infection occurred is Haetrak Nursing Hospital in Mandeok-dong, Buk-gu, Busan.

To date, 53 people have been confirmed to be infected, including 2 nurses, 3 nursing assistants, 6 caregivers, and 42 hospitalized patients.

Among the confirmed cases, a deceased patient was included and confirmed in an autopsy.

The city of Busan said that after a nursing assistant in her 50s was confirmed on the 13th, hospital nursing staff and 278 patients were diagnosed and 52 more people were confirmed.

[변성완 / 부산시장권한대행 : 병원의 종사자 99명, 환자 165명 등 278명에 대해 검사를 한 결과, 총 52명의 추가 확진자가 발생했고, 나머지는 음성이었습니다.]

Health authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations to determine the route of infection of the nursing assistants, the time of the onset of initial symptoms, and the number of close contacts after the movement.

The nursing assistant stated in the epidemiological investigation that “I had a fever after contact with a deceased patient.”

[안병선 / 부산시 시민방역추진단장 : 병원 기록에 환자가 발열과 호흡곤란 증상이 있었다고 기록이 돼 있어서 저희는 강력히 의심하고 장례식이 진행되는 걸 중지시키고 검사를 진행했습니다.]

The nursing hospital was quarantined in the same group, and the 53 confirmed patients were transferred to Pusan ​​National University Hospital and Busan Medical Center.

YTN Son Jaeho[[email protected]]is.

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