In the club, “Silent Preaching”? “Possibly not a single source of infection in Yongin 66 patients”

Kwon Joon-wook, Deputy General Manager, Dae-bon Lee, “Symptoms manifested in Yongin’s confirmed patient club visit (2 days)”

Quarantine officials estimated that the Itaewon club group infection may have been caused by various infectious agents, in addition to 66 patients (29-year-old men) in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. If the assumption is confirmed, the wave is expected to mean that the “silent spread” has already taken place in the community.

Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director-general of the Central Defense Response headquarters, said at a regular briefing at the Osong Center for Disease Control in Chungcheongbuk-do on the 9th. It is most likely due to that. ” Quarantine authorities said the group’s infection was seen as the second transmission by Yongin 66 patients until the previous day.

Kwon’s deputy director said: “There are cases when symptoms occur on the second day of the first patient’s symptoms (same as at the club visit). Because “. According to the quarantine authority, the date of manifestation of the first symptoms of the infection case of the Itaewon club group was May 2, and to date, three people have considered the day as the date on which the new crown symptoms In the case of the new crown, symptoms such as fever and sore throat have been reported as early as one week after infection with the virus.

Yongin Patient 66 has had new corona symptoms, such as high fever and diarrhea since the last day 2, and Itaewon’s ‘King Club’ from 0 am to 3:30 am the same day, and ‘Trunk’ from 1 am to 1:40 am. It was discovered that they visited clubs like ‘Queen’ from 3:30 a.m. at 3:50 a.m. The number of new crown patients related to the Itaewon Club confirmed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to date is 40, including 27 in Seoul.

Quarantine officials emphasized that if they visited Club Itaewon during the “Golden Holidays” in late May to late April, the chance of a new corona infection is very high, so they refrain from leaving. “People who visited a club located in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul from April 29 to May 6 are highly likely to have been infected or exposed to the Corona 19 virus,” said Kwon. Inform and follow the actions of the public health center. ”

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