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On the evening of the 26th of last month, when the funeral of the late Samsung Electronics president Lee Kun-hee is held for the second day, many reporters gather at the entrance to the funeral hall of the Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam- gu, Seoul. © News1 On the 26th of last month, a press reporter who visited the funeral room of the Samsung Hospital in Seoul, where the former president of the Samsung Group, Lee Kun-hee, was located, was diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) on the day 2, followed by a further spread to two fellow reporters. This is the first time that media reporters have been infected with Corona 19 consecutively.
Park Young-joon, head of the epidemiological investigation team at Defense Response Headquarters, told a reporter in a briefing on the same day: “The indicator patient related to the Seoul Samsung Hospital funeral home developed symptoms on October and it was confirmed on the night of November 2, “he said. “I saw the possible time of day as October 25.”
He added: “There are no more confirmed cases among the contacts on October 26,” he added. “However, there are two more confirmed cases.
Quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations without ruling out the possibility that the media reporter, the indicator patient, may not have been infected through the funeral home’s coverage activity, but there is a possibility that a new one could occur. transmission on the site. On October 26, the three colleagues who had lunch together were classified as close contacts. On the morning of this day, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that three media reporters were successively confirmed. One reporter (the indicator patient) tested positive for the first time on Day 2 and two more were confirmed on Day 3. On Day 3, the number of additional confirmed cases was from two fellow reporters, one of whom was a reporter entering Seoul city. Accordingly, the city of Seoul inspected 270 people, including contacts such as journalists and Seoul City Council staff. Excluding the first confirmed case, two tested positive and the rest are being tested. Since then, quarantine work has been carried out in the briefing room, press room and applicants’ office in Seoul, and the floor has been closed. When a confirmed case occurred the day before, the Seoul Metropolitan Government took steps to return all employees of the government building. Park Young-joon, head of the epidemiological investigation team, commented on the fact that a letter was sent late on October 26 informing him to undergo an examination in connection with the funeral home. “We received a report that precautions were taken, such as first classifying close contacts during the period in which they could spread through basic investigation. I checked it again. “
“I checked closed circuit (CC) television, but it was difficult to specify the number of people that could be contacted,” he said. Follow-up action was taken. “
(Seoul = News 1)
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