On Chuseok Day, there were 18 confirmed cases in Busan alone … Emergency against consecutive holidays

Mandeok Greencore bathhouse, Pyeonggang and Kammimi clinic, etc., strengthened the preparation of Busan city

[아시아경제 영남취재본부 김용우 기자] On day 1, in Busan, a group of corona-confirmed cases19 had an emergency during the Chuseok holiday.

Busan City quarantine authorities said that as of the afternoon of the day, 18 confirmed cases occurred and the total number of cases in Busan was 440.

On this day, 18 people tested positive for Corona 19, including those who visited public toilets and hospitals in Busan, spread among their families, and those who had contact with existing confirmed patients, and cases in which the route of the infection.

Busan 423, 424, 425 and 429 are contacts of 422 confirmed patients, including patients, guardians and staff at the Pyeonggang Clinic in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, and 434 and 422, who tested positive together on the same day, are families.

426, 427, 428 and 430 have a history of visiting and using the Greencore Bathhouse in Mandeok-dong, Buk-gu, used by 408 confirmed, who tested positive on September 27, or used the place during the same period and then gave positive first. It is the family of the confirmed patient.

Quarantine authorities also counted 412 and 415, which tested positive on September 29, in relation to the Green Core Bath, so the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this bath has risen to 9 (7 visitors, 2 contacts) .

The infection route of confirmed cases 431 (Buk-gu) and 432 (Busanjin-gu) is under epidemiological investigation, and confirmed cases 433 and 437 were from Myanmar and Indonesia, respectively.

The city of Busan decided to strengthen its emergency preparedness as 18 confirmed cases of corona19 occurred in one day in Chuseok.

On the afternoon of this afternoon, the acting authority of the Mayor of Busan, Byeon Seong-wan, the head of the Planning and Coordination Office, the head of the Civil Security Office and the head of the Health and Welfare Office, convened urgently to the city’s top executives to hold a COVID-19 emergency quarantine countermeasure meeting.

Busan Mayor Byeon Seong-wan said: “Recently, the number of confirmed cases related to small restaurants in the area, ecological baths in Buk-gu and the Pyeonggang clinic in Geumjeong-gu is increasing.

Reporter Kim Yong-woo, Youngnam Coverage Headquarters [email protected]