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Quarantine authorities identify traffic lines by tracking mobile phone locations
Taking a bus without knowing any infection
In Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, five people were diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) daily. These are all known to patient 79 in Pohang, confirmed four days ago, and it was revealed that patient 79 did not know they were contacts and used public transport or went to hospital because patient 79 did not cooperate with the epidemiological investigation of the authorities of quarantine.
According to Pohang City on the 26th, two 70-year-olds living in Buk-gu, one 70-year-old living in Nam-gu, and two 60-year-olds living in Buk-gu tested positive for a corona 19 specimen. These five were contacts with patient 79 in Pohang, who was confirmed on the 22nd, or patient 79 who recently met at a local temple.
Patient 79 in Pohang was not feeling well on the 22nd, so he visited the emergency room of St. Mary Hospital in Pohang, and was confirmed by the Corona 19 test received through the inpatient procedures. He was then quarantined in a negative pressure isolation bed at St. Mary’s Hospital, but did not cooperate with the epidemiological investigation by quarantine authorities.
Quarantine authorities and the city of Pohang set out to trace the location of the mobile phone to identify the movement of patient 79 and who was in close contact. As a result, on the 25th, an acquaintance tested positive for the Corona 19 sample, and another in his 60s who was found to have contacted patient 79 was confirmed. As 5 acquaintances were confirmed Additionally, the number of Corona 19 patients in the Pohang area related to patient 79 increased to 7 in total.
As a result of the quarantine authorities learning of the movements of the additional confirmed cases, they found that they used public transportation or went to public toilets and local hospitals without knowing that the 79 patient they contacted was infected. In addition, among them, it was confirmed that they were not well, so they visited the hospital and were denied access due to high fever, a symptom of suspected corona19.
An official from the city of Pohang said: “In recent years, infections continue to occur through social gatherings, etc.” and “I ask for the active cooperation of citizens in preventing Corona 19.”
Jeonghye Kim reporter [email protected]
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