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On the 20th, 17 additional confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) occurred in Ulsan.
The number of confirmed cases related to Yangjiyoyang Hospital, where the group infection occurred, increased to 238.
In particular, a caregiver sent by the Central Accident Control Center of the Ministry of Health and Welfare to care for patients in an isolated cohort hospital (same group) was confirmed, and concern was expressed that cross-infection in the hospital did not crash properly.
The city of Ulsan announced that at 3 a.m. the same day, 17 people were confirmed as 546 to 562 in the region.
The numbers 547 (80) and 548 (70) are patients who were hospitalized in an isolated hospital in Yangji-Yoyang.
It was negative in the four previous tests, but it was confirmed in the fifth test.
No. 549 (50s) is a nursing care worker dispatched by the Central Accident Control Center.
It was confirmed negative after a test performed before entering the hospital, but after starting work.
There is a great possibility that you have been infected by transmission in the hospital.
This is the first time that a confirmed case has emerged among the 24 doctors sent to this hospital.
The quarantine authorities indicated that when new confirmed cases occurred among the existing medical personnel in this hospital, “the manifestation of symptoms according to the incubation period that differs from person to person” was the main cause.
However, due to confirmation from additional staff, cross infection in the hospital became more frequent and as a result it became difficult to avoid criticism that measures to block infection in the hospital were insufficient.
A city official said: “It is difficult to confirm the route of infection with No. 549, but I suppose there was carelessness in the process of putting on and taking off the protective equipment.” “Said.
No. 555 (50s, Jung-gu), 556 (60s, Nam-gu), 557 (30s, Nam-gu) and 562 (60s, Nam-gu) are each family member of a confirmed person related to the Yangchiyo Hospital.
As a result, the confirmed cumulative cases related to Yangchiyo Hospital were 238 hospitalized patients, 20 medical staff members, 23 nursing workers (including 1 in Pohang), 4 employees, and 25 serial infections.
In addition, 546 and 559 to 560 (over 30 years, Ulju-gun) were 542 contacts who received positive tests the day before.
No. 550 (teenager, Nam-gu) is a high school student and is a family member from a confirmed vocational high school with a serial infection.
Four people, 551 to 552 (over 50, Ulju-gun) and 553 to 554 (over 50, Nam-gu), were 544 acquaintances confirmed the day before, and found to have had contact with them, such as have tea together in a cafe.
No. 558 (20s, Nam-gu) has not yet confirmed the route of infection.
No. 561 (teenager, Buk-gu) was a high school student and contacted confirmed person 529 at an academy.
Quarantine authorities determined that No. 561 had recently attended the school and took the test, and they decided to conduct a full inspection of students and staff in the same grade.
That day, 237 (70 years old), who had been infected at Yangjiyoyang Hospital in Ulsan and had been treated at Ulsan University Hospital since the 6th of this month, died.
As a result, the number of deaths related to Yangjiyoyang Hospital increased to 13 and the cumulative number of deaths in Ulsan increased to 15.
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