More than 100 people infected with Itaewon 發 … Quarantine Authority “The worst situation if the community has spread”

Check-in 2020.05.12 14:43
The | Review 2020.05.12 14:44

More than 100 national forensic doctors of coronavirus infection related to Club Itaewon in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea. The risk of community spread in the crown of Itaewonbal has increased so much.

According to the quarantine authority, as of 12:00 p.m. On this day, the number of confirmed members related to the Korean-Itaewon club increased to 102. The previous day 86 people were confirmed and 26 people were added before 12:00 on the day. Seoul was the largest with 64, 23 at Gyeonggi-do, 7 at Incheon and 5 at Chungbuk.

Of the 102 crown confirmers, 73 were directly related to the Itaewon Club. There were 29 secondary infections.

Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director of the Central Defense Response headquarters (Director of the National Institute for Health Research), said in a regular briefing on the day: “Currently, outbreaks of groups related to the Itaewon club have several possibilities. ” “The worst and worst is the case where a delay, or delay, was discovered after much transmission to the community.”

The first start date of the collective infection of Itaewon identified by the quarantine authorities was in the last two days. On this day, two people infected with a crown with different circulation came out. One is the first confirmed patient, patient Yongin 66 (male · 29), and the other is a 20-year-old man living in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, who was confirmed the previous day.

The third person has not been identified. However, Vice President Kwon said: “Looking at the scope of the follow-up investigation, it is not possible to rule out the tertiary infection situation.”

The risk of community transmission of the collective Itaewon infection is quite high. This is because it is not known when, who and where they moved the crown. The quarantine authority said it would go to quarantine with the possibility of progress in the community to some degree.

“Once on May 6, we will do our best for the epidemiological follow-up and follow-up related to Club Itaewon until next Wednesday the 13th, which is a week after May 6, and the 14th, the incubation period plus long”. “We will also judge whether there is a link from other radio waves or whether there is a suspicious report from the patient or a confirmed patient in another area, or whether it is a more general current risk.”

To date, the total number of crown tests related to the Itaewon club was 12.99, 8490 directly related to the club and 1809 to the community.