Indiscriminate infection spread to rural and urban Jeonnam … 10 village residents confirmed (total)

A new type of coronavirus infection (Corona 19), which spread through the eastern part of Jeollanam-do, occurred not only in Mokpo, a central city in the western region, but also in large hospitals that serve as regional medical centers.

The number of confirmed cases rose with a terrible boost in places where everyday life took place, such as schools, bathrooms, restaurants and computer cafes, and the number of confirmed cases remained in double digits every other day in a row.

In particular, most of the transmission chains occur simultaneously in urban areas of the province without finding the first source of infection, and 10 residents are confirmed at a time in the rural villages of Suncheon.

Local governments and quarantine authorities are striving to expand the area of ​​social distancing, but it is not enough to prevent the spread of infection.

◇ Rural villages and urban PC cafes are spreading

According to Jeonnam-do on the 18th, the cumulative number of corona19 patients in the province at 5pm on the 18th was 297 positive tests for two consecutive days from the 16th to the 17th, followed by 17 additional confirmed cases in Suncheon, Mokpo and Hwasun that day. .

In particular, 10 confirmed corona19 cases occurred in a village in Deokjeong-ri, Byeolryang-myeon, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, and the same group (cohort) was quarantined.

This is the first time in Jeonnam that a group infection has occurred in a village in a rural area, and most of them are elderly, so the quarantine authorities are very nervous.

As of the afternoon of that day, 10 people from this village tested positive, believed to have been infected by a resident who had contact with Gwangyang No. 39 (Jeonnam No. 244), which was confirmed on the 15th.

In Suncheon, Gwangyang and Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, where there have been 90 confirmed cases since the 7th of this month, when the reproliferation began, Corona 19 is still spreading with terrifying momentum.

Corona 19 in the eastern part of Jeollanam-do is spreading to everyday places such as passenger buses, restaurants and bathrooms, computer cafes and hospitals, starting with the Shinhan Bank branch in Suncheon.

Of the 15 confirmed cases in Jeollanam-do that occurred the day before, 11 were residents of Suncheon and Gwangyang City, and that day, 2 were in Suncheon (Jeonnam 280 · 286) and 10 were positive in the afternoon.

In Gwangyang, six people, including students and citizens who used a PC room, will be confirmed one after another on the 17th.

Gwangyang, Suncheon and Yeosu have raised their social distancing to levels of 1.5 when Corona 19 spread to local communities, but they are not infecting the spread.

An official from Gwangyang City said, “Because Suncheon and Gwangyang are in the same housing area, we are tracking the path of the infection, like the path of the confirmed person.” .

◇ Hospitals in Mokpo, Hwasun and Suncheon

Large hospitals at the forefront of preventing the spread of infections in response to Corona 19 have closed or suspended treatment at three locations in Jeonnam due to successive infections from nurses.

In particular, it is noted that the additional confirmed patients are nurses from large hospitals serving as base medical institutions in the province, thus hospitals are the vectors of infection, such as the spread of infection from Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju.

Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, where a nurse (Jeonnam No. 285) was confirmed that day, closed part of the seventh floor ward and part of the sixth floor ward where the confirmed patient was, and put in quarantine patients.

On the 13th, when the neurosurgeon at the Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju (Gwangju No. 546) was confirmed on the 13th, and the rest of the hospital’s medical staff tested positive, they performed their own diagnostic tests to confirm the fact of the infection by nurses.

At Mokpo Christian Hospital, a nurse working in the ER (No. 283, Jeonnam) was confirmed, the ER was closed, and outpatient treatment was discontinued.

It was investigated that the nurse passed by a clothing store run by a confirmed person in Mokpo (Jeonnam 265) of Chonnam National University Hospital.

The hospital is conducting comprehensive examinations on 300 inpatients and 400 employees.

At Suncheon, Suncheon Central Hospital, where a nurse was confirmed and some wards were quarantined in the same group (cohort), all were negative as a result of diagnostic tests in 59 patients, including nurses and patients.

◇ Expanding the area to increase the distance … Limit

Quarantine authorities are striving to block infections, but as infections in small-scale groups continue to occur simultaneously throughout the province, there is great concern that the infection is already prevalent in the community.

In particular, even in a detailed epidemiological investigation, the initial source of infection was not identified, increasing anxiety among local residents and blocking the quarantine is having no effect.

Jeollanam-do is doing its best to prevent the spread of Corona 19 with the local government by improving the social distance between Mokpo-si and Samhyang-eup in Muan-gun after Yeosu in Gwangyang, Suncheon, etc., but the situation is insufficient.

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok also said in the same day’s electronic report: “The N-th infection is progressing very rapidly throughout the urban area from the eastern region and from Hwasun to Mokpo.” “There are many cases where the initial source of infection is unknown or the route of infection is unclear. It appears to be widespread.”

“As can be seen from the outbreak trend, epidemiological investigation and quarantine authorities’ efforts are reaching a limit to prevent spread.” “Voluntary cooperation to minimize resident contact is a situation in which the chain of infection must be cut as soon as possible. It is an important phase ”.

Governor Kim appealed: “Since the balance between quarantine and everyday life is in crisis again, it is time to raise awareness” and “please all work together again so that we can defeat Corona 19 again as we have done.” .

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