Another 131 group infection outbreaks in the East Detention Center … 903 accumulated confirmed cases

Check-in 2021.01.01 16:36

Miae Chu “As the general manager of the correction work, I feel very sorry for the people.”

During the last day, the end of the year, on the 31st of the year, the group infection continued to spread, and a group of prisoners received additional confirmations at the East Seoul Detention Center. The day before, there were 1,029 new cases of coronavirus in Korea.

The quarantine countermeasures headquarters announced on day 1 that 131 people recently tested positive as a result of follow-up tests of quarantines related to the eastern detention center. As a result, there were 945 confirmed cases related to the Dongbu Detention Center, including 903 prisoners, 21 workers, 20 families, and 1 acquaintance. In the eastern detention center, the first coronavirus case was confirmed on November 27 last year, and the group infection continues for more than a month.

In nursing hospitals, additional confirmed cases are followed. Another 41 people were confirmed at the Bluebird Senior Health Center in Yeongdo-gu, Busan, resulting in a total of 47. At the Evergreen Nursing Home in Buk-gu, Gwangju, 7 new confirmed cases emerged and there were 66 cases.

At the distribution center in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi, where the first confirmed person was confirmed on the 29th, 59 additional confirmed cases were confirmed and the cumulative number was 80. At the Gunpo factory, Gyeonggi province, it was confirmed that 38 people had recently been infected, resulting in a cumulative number of 67 after 28.

As a case of a new group infection, a case of a group infection was confirmed from a real estate company in Gimpo, Gyeonggi province. The first confirmed cases occurred on the 27th and 11 more were confirmed as a result of the contact investigation. There are 3 employees, 4 family members, and 2 guests and family members.

At a sports club in Gwangju, where the first confirmed cases were released on the 24th, 21 additional confirmed cases were confirmed and the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 22. There are 4 club members and 12 family members.

An auto parts company in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do also found the first confirmed case on the 23rd, and as a result of an investigation, 11 more people were confirmed, including 7 family members.

In Dalseo-gu, Daegu, group infection, focused on medical institutions, was confirmed. The first confirmed person left on the 27th, and after follow-up, 20 more were confirmed.

On the other hand, Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae said on the day of the coronavirus outbreak at the East Detention Center in Seoul, “I am very sorry to have caused people concern as the general manager of the correction work.”