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More than 80 confirmed cases were found in two days in the Corona 19 Pretest conducted by Dongducheon City in Gyeonggi Province for foreigners residing in the region.
Dongducheon City announced today (second) that 81 people, including foreigners residing in the area, were confirmed to be Crown19.
Dongducheon City is conducting a total inspection of 3,966 registered foreigners in the area as the number of confirmed foreign cases in nearby local governments, such as Yangju City, increases.
The 81 confirmed today were 79 foreigners and 2 Koreans who were examined on the 28th of last month.
On the 28th of last month, 509 domestic and foreign underwent the test at the Dongducheon City Screening Clinic and Temporary Screening Clinic, of which 7 tested positive yesterday and 81 more were confirmed today.
Of the 88 cases confirmed over two days, 84 were foreigners and 4 were Korean.
The number of confirmed Koreans is 3 childcare-related children and 1 asymptomatic preventive test.
Most of the confirmed foreigners are asymptomatic and their residence is Dongducheon, but the main areas of living, such as work, were found to be diverse, such as Yangju, Pocheon, Namyangju and Incheon.
Yesterday’s test personnel and the results in Dongducheon City have not been accurately identified.
Of the 259 cumulative cases confirmed in Dongducheon to date, 138, or 53.3%, are foreign.
Earlier on the 18th of last month, Dongducheon City sent a notice to churches and communities related to foreigners, recommending that they take the Corona 19 test.
However, it is not known how many foreigners registered in Dongducheon City have been tested at the Dongducheon City Health Center screening clinics and temporary screening clinics.
The epidemiological relationship between the confirmed cases has not been confirmed, so there is concern about the spread of the local community.
Consequently, quarantine authorities are investigating the dynamics of the confirmed patients.
The quarantine authorities are conducting a basic epidemiological investigation by mobilizing 10 city hall employees who can speak English, and 15 epidemiological investigators from the central and Gyeonggi-do levels will be employed.
An official from Dongducheon City said, “There is nothing particularly confirmed except that a group of foreigners have come out,” and said, “It has not been confirmed in what kind of work the confirmed foreigners are doing.”
Meanwhile, as the number of confirmed cases increased, mainly among foreigners in the region, Dongducheon City, in consultation with the Bureau of Education, switched from kindergarten classes and local elementary, middle and high schools. to remote classes for two days until tomorrow.
In addition, we are sending safety text messages in English through foreign communities, missionary pastors, and Bosan-dong Mall, for non-inspected foreign residents and foreign workers in industrial complexes in the region. can be promptly inspected.
In addition, we are considering temporarily extending the hours of operation of the Temporary Detection Clinic from 9 am to 6 pm.
(Photo = Yonhap News)
