The fifth spread of the Gwanghwamun assembly … Cordyceps briefing → 2 Chungcheong enterprises → Nursing home

The new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), which started in downtown Seoul in Gwanghwamun, spread to businesses and nursing homes after a briefing at Cordyceps in Daegu. The mass infection that began at the Liberation Day demonstration caused the ‘fifth spread’ across the country.

The Central Defense Response Headquarters of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Disease Administration) (Bang Dae-bon) made this announcement at a regular briefing held at the Osong Disease Administration in Chungbuk in the afternoon of the 17th.

As of 12 pm that day, the number of confirmed cases related to the Gwanghwamun assembly on Liberation Day was 604, adding up to 19 more than the day before. There were 216 confirmed cases related to the mount and 341 were infected by contact with the confirmed cases. Eight policemen have been confirmed who tried to control the assembly and 39 are under investigation.

As a result of the epidemiological investigation by the quarantine authorities, an additional transmission case related to the Gwanghwamun assembly, a briefing in Dongchungha-cho, Buk-gu, Daegu, spread to two companies located in Chungnam and a nursing home. of old people in Chungbuk. 16 patients, including 4 Greenleaf in Cheonan, Chungnam, 9 AirgenQ in Cheonan, and 3 main nursing homes in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, were classified as related to the cordyceps briefing. A confirmed person who attended the cordyceps briefing visited Cheonan Greenleaf’s office, and four more were infected. An infected person from Green Leaf continued to visit AirgenQ in Cheonan, and 9 more people were confirmed. The case of AirgenQ infection continued in the main nursing home in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do. The main nursing home was found to be a case where a confirmed AirgenQ related person spread at the workplace.

Previously, the Cordyceps sinensis briefing in Daegu, where the route of infection was unknown, was confirmed in an epidemiological investigation with the Gwanghwamun assembly. The organizer of the Daegu briefing was found to have attended the briefing in Seoul and contacted those confirmed to attend the Gwanghwamun assembly.

There have also been cases of group infection in churches and schools.

In Bucheon South Church, Gyeonggi Province, 14 more people were confirmed in a contact investigation after the first confirmed case occurred on the 10th. Of the 15 confirmed patients, 5 family members, including patients indicators, 7 members of the church and 3 members of acquaintances and family members of the church.

At the Ocean Science High School in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do, four more people were confirmed after the first confirmed cases came out on the 16th. Of the five, there are two students and two teachers each, and a school bus driver. .

During the K-Health industry investigation in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 6 more people were confirmed and the confirmed cumulative number was 27. Among them, 8 workers, including indicator patients, 4 visitors, and 15 relatives and acquaintances.

While the contacts were being investigated at the Kia Motors Sohari plant in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, where the first was confirmed on the 16th, 10 additional confirmed cases were confirmed, resulting in a total of 11 cases. Of the 11, 4 family members, including indicator patients and 7 employees.

After the first confirmed person came out on the 14th at the West Lake Weekly Center, a welfare center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, 8 more people were confirmed. Specifically, 3 family members, including indicator patients, 3 employees, 1 resident, and 2 acquaintances, were infected.

In connection with the Sanyangsam business briefing in Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 3 more were confirmed compared to the previous day, and 24 cumulative confirmed cases came out. Further spread occurred when some participants in the project briefing attended small meetings in Busan, Daegu and Gyeongbuk.