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152 confirmed cases in March
Rapid rise from 76 in January and 21 in February
Influence of the expansion of shipyards and entertainment businesses
Expansion of preventive inspections and closure of nurseries
The spread of Corona 19 in the Geoje area is discouraging. This month, more than 150 confirmed cases were shed. The chain of infection related to public toilets and entertainment establishments has spread throughout the community. In particular, there are also the aftermath of group infections, with confirmed cases appearing one after another in the shipyard, leading to the temporary suspension of operations.
According to the city of Geoje on the 22nd (at 11 am), only in March 152 confirmed cases came out. This is comparable to the number of confirmed cases (164) in the region last year. Even compared to the previous 76 people in January and the 21 people in February, it’s a remarkable increase.
Among them, 142 people were confirmed cumulatively from public restrooms and entertainment businesses. There were 33 people related to the entertainment industry, 11 people related to the bathhouse, 69 people related to the shipyard, 22 people contacted with relatives and acquaintances, and 7 people were investigating the contagion route. The infection that started in the bathhouse in the middle of this month leads to a serial infection and is spreading throughout the community.
There are also cases of contagion in the shipyard. At Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, there were nearly 70 confirmed cases on 14, 10 on 15, 5 on 17, 20 on 19, 16 on 20 and 10 on 21. As fear of new infections increased in addition to infection in series, the company stopped working on the 22nd, after having worked at least the minimum number of workers last weekend (20-21).
On the same day, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering announced that it will temporarily suspend production throughout the Okpo shipyard as a preventive inspection for Corona 19 and proliferation prevention for quarantine and site security checks. Production interruption loss per day is estimated to be around 22.9 billion won, compared to recent sales (8.3587 billion won). Daewoo Shipbuilding halted operations for three days due to the outbreak of confirmed cases in December last year.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering said: “We are conducting rapid preventive examinations in consultation with screening clinics and medical institutions in the region.”
Quarantine authorities are conducting preventive diagnostic tests on more than 2,400 Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering workers, who frequently travel to the site to break the chain of infection at the shipyard. Based on these results, the city plans to discuss with the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to inspect all shipyard employees, and then discuss with the shipyards an efficient plan to combine fishing and quarantine.
The Daewoo Hospital Selection Clinic was full of Daewoo Shipbuilding employees trying to undergo an examination that day. At Daewoo Hospital, the maximum number of diagnostic tests per day was initially around 1,000, but to respond to this large-scale test, the maximum number of tests was increased to 3,000 people per day by reinforcing the equipment and staff. Daewoo Hospital was designated as a medical institution for Corona 19 self-test last month.
The city is working hard to stop the spread of the infection. From the 24th of the following month to the 6th of the following month, an administrative order regarding the corona19 diagnostic test will be executed for two weeks. Furthermore, until the situation stabilized, all daycare centers (225) were closed and turned into an emergency childcare system. As the number of confirmed corona 19 cases increased rapidly, the social distancing stage rose to two stages starting on 19.
Mayor Byun Kwang-yong said: “If one citizen and each do not join social distancing with one heart, the return to everyday life will be delayed indefinitely.”
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