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Two taxi drivers who drove corona-confirmed patients in Busan for about 5 minutes were infected.
The Busan City Health Authority said: “Busan patients 320 (confirmed on 4) and 336 (confirmed on 8) who were confirmed by contact with patient 307 from Busan (confirmed on 2, estimated infection in Seoul) they are private taxi drivers used by patient 307. Very unusual infection, ”he said on the 10th. According to the city’s health authorities, all these taxi drivers, wearing masks, drove 307 confirmed patients, who were also wearing masks, for about 5 minutes, but they were infected.
Ahn Byung-seon, head of Busan City Citizen Prevention Promotion Division, said: “It appears that the infection occurred due to contact, although there is insufficient ventilation in the narrow space of the taxi.” I discussed that separately. “Due to the hot weather, the car’s air conditioner was turned on and the window was not opened, so there is a high possibility of infection.
When the city health authorities announced on the 4th and 8th that these taxi drivers were confirmed, the fact that patients 320 and 336 were taxi drivers and did not mention the infection inside the taxi, but then they explained that the form of infection is very unusual. This is because he was tried. However, some point out that public health authorities announced this afternoon between two and six days after the confirmation announcement, which lowered the credibility of citizens in the local quarantine system.
Patient n. 338 in Busan, the taxi driver’s family, which is confirmed in no. 336, tested positive for coronavirus on day 9. Of the 40 people identified by the city’s health authorities as contacts of these taxi drivers, including passengers, 24 tested negative as a result of the test and the remaining 16 are in contact for the diagnostic tests.
There were 9 infections related to the confirmed case from Busan, including 4 family members from Seoul and confirmed cases 314, 320, 336 and 338 in Busan. This confirmed person remained in Seoul from August 14 to 29, but as of August 23, symptoms appeared and they were diagnosed with a diagnostic test. Between the 31st and the 1st of last month, he was hospitalized in a hospital in Dong-gu, Busan, and infected one person in the same room (Busan 314).
On the 10th, there were three new confirmed cases in Busan, including number 339, Busan, which is investigating the source of infection (339-341). Confirmed patient 340 became infected when contacting case Ulsan 125 for real estate investment consulting, and confirmed patient 341 was the family of patient 312, who was related to Shina Officetel. As a result, the number of infections related to ‘Shina Officetel’ increased to 27.
