“Primary Itaewon infection, possibility of infection other than Yongin patient”

Kwon Joon-wook, Deputy General Manager, Central Defense Policy Division. News 1

The recent spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) from the Itaewon Club by the quarantine authorities announced on 9 that it cannot be transmitted by one of the 66 patients in Yongin, who was first confirmed on 6 .

Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director general of the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), said at this afternoon’s briefing: “To date, the cause of group infection in Itaewon has already spread to certain point in the Itaewon area instead of spreading by a first-time patient. “We see a very high probability of having an infection link.”

For this reason, the reason for this is that other patients showed symptoms in the last 2 days when symptoms appeared in patient 66 from Yongin City, and that there were confirmed patients among the Itaewon club visitors on days 4 and 5, not the second day visited by patient 66 in Yongin city. .

Kwon said: “The first patient I encountered was described as a superinitial patient, but there is a possibility that the bonding of this radio wave will occur separately. Further investigation is looking for another radio wave.” For this reason, the authorities have increased the recommendation period for club visitors to refrain from leaving April 30 to May 5, from April 29 to May 6.

Authorities said, “If you visited a club in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul at this time, it is highly likely that you will become infected with the Corona 19 virus.” Visit the club, stay away from home, and report to the public health center or 1339. Also, in the case of close contact with an unspecified number of people in a closed space like clubs and taverns in the last week of April across the country, if there is fever or respiratory symptoms, they are asked to undergo a test diagnostic in a screening clinic.

“If the visitor’s residence at Itaewon Club spans the entire country, there is the possibility of secondary spread by region, and even if the club is not in the same time zone or in the same time zone, there is a possibility that more patients come out through different links (infectious agents), “he said.

Meanwhile, at 2 p.m. that day, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon revealed at the emergency briefing that the total number of confirmed people related to the Itaewon club was 40. Mayor Park said: “Only 637 of 1946 registered visitors to the Itaewon clubs in question were on the phone, and the remaining 1309 were unsuccessful.”

Reporter Choi Eun-kyung [email protected]