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57 confirmed within 6-12 days
“A lot of contact in a limited space due to the nature of the hospital
Pay attention to the statement ‘symptoms appeared on the 29th of last month’
8 more confirmed today … Maintain the isolation of the cohort
Uijeongbu City stops operating public facilities until 17
Recently, a corona19 group infection occurred in a rehabilitation hospital in Howon-dong, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do. [이미지출처=연합뉴스]
According to Uijeongbu City and others, on the 12th, eight additional confirmed cases occurred at the hospital. As a result, a total of 57 people were confirmed from day 6 to the day the first infection started. There were 4 medical staff members, 25 hospitalized patients, 26 guardians and caregivers, 1 occupational therapist and 1 family member of the medical staff.
Specifically, 35 of them (61.4%) were confirmed in two days. Health officials believe Corona 19 has spread rapidly due to limited space and due to the nature of rehabilitation hospitals, there are many contacts between patients and caregivers or guardians.
The hospital ordered a diagnostic test on its own on Day 5 when symptoms such as fever appeared in 10 patients, including patients in the fifth floor hospital ward.
As a result of a total examination of 565 patients, including patients, guardians, caregivers, medical staff, and staff on floors 3-5 of the inpatient ward on day 5, 26 were confirmed on day 6 and 9 tested positive on day 7.
Corona 19 can be hidden even if negatively determined, so the hospital continues testing while maintaining cohort quarantine on floors 3 and 5. The size of this hospital is about 205 beds, with about 190 inpatients.
The route of infection is not yet known. Quarantine authorities said it was very difficult to identify the source of the first infection.
However, health authorities believe that these are the main sources of infection, as the number of infected guardians and caregivers who can freely enter the outside compared to hospitalized patients with limited mobility is 26.
Health authorities are also investigating whether there are points of interest in the contagion pathway of nurses and caregivers among the confirmed cases.
You are also paying attention to the fact that some patients hospitalized during the epidemiological investigation returned home during the Chuseok holidays.
In particular, authorities are focusing on this by securing a statement that confirmed patient A, who was hospitalized on the fifth floor, had symptoms on the 29th of last month, the day before the start of the Chuseok holiday, a week before the first outbreak. Among the confirmed cases, there were also statements that symptoms began on the 30th and 3rd of last month.
If the statement of Mr. A and the like is true, it can be seen that Corona 19 was introduced during this period and spread in the room for a week.
However, health authorities say that most of the memories of older people are inaccurate, so the credibility of the appearance of symptoms should be considered more.
Health authorities decided to run a diagnostic test on 61 quarantined people on the fifth floor that day and decide whether to release the quarantine based on the results, but after eight more of them were confirmed, they decided to maintain the status.
Uijeongbu Mayor Ahn Byung-yong said on the day: “We will take priority to prevent the spread of the local community and then we will investigate in detail with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
On the other hand, the city of Uijeongbu plans to stop operating public facilities such as libraries, Uijeongbu Arts Center, Center for General Social Welfare and Senior Citizens Festival until the 17th, although social distancing has softened to the first stage since this morning. In addition, on-site inspections of high-risk facilities such as entertainment pubs, danran pubs and singing practices will be strengthened.
Internal reporter Kim Bong-ju [email protected]
