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Chung Eun-kyung, head of the Central Defense Policy Division, said at a briefing held at the Osong Disease Control headquarters in Chungbuk on 10, “The number of new confirmed coronavirus infections related to Club Itaewon ( Corona 19) was 54 at 12:00 pm on the day. ” The first confirmed patient, “Yongin 66 patient (29-year-old man)”, was confirmed on day 6 and up to day 3 above, there were 27 related diagnoses, and it doubled in one day. Patient 66 visited 5 Itaewon clubs (King Club, Queen, Trunk, Soho, Power) and tavern from the night of the 1st until the dawn of the 2nd.
Corona 19 confirmed by Itaewon Club 54 people in four days
20% of secondary infections, such as colleagues, acquaintances and families.
Jung Eun-kyung “Itaewon Collective Shoot … Sorry Heart”
Of the 54 confirmed patients, Seoul has the highest number, with 14 in Gyeonggi, 6 in Incheon, 2 in Chungbuk, 1 in Busan and 1 in Jeju.
According to the route of infection, 43 direct visitors to the Itaewon Club, including 66 Yongin patients, and 11 other contacts, such as family, acquaintances, and colleagues. Of the 54 confirmed cases, 11 cases were secondary infections, representing approximately 20%.
“The seven cases of confirmed club visits were transmitted to 11 people, including family and acquaintances, in the community, and the second case was confirmed,” Jung said. “The propagation speed is very fast and shows the high infectious characteristics.” “Intercepting additional radio waves in the community is a battle over time, a situation where a war of speed is needed,” said Jung. “Everyone who visited the entertainment facilities in Itaewon from the end of April to May 6 refrain from leaving. I strongly recommend that you have a diagnostic test immediately and without them.”
Quarantine authorities are expanding the subject of epidemiological investigations as the number of indicator patients, Yongin 66, went to the Itaewon King Club, as well as those who attended the club on days 4 and 5. “In the first two days , I mentioned 1600 ~ 1900 visitor-focused people on the 2nd (April-May 6 period), and the number of visitors will continue to increase, and it is estimated that there will be around 6000 ~ 7000 visitors now. “It is the situation that they are capturing and contacting.”
“There has not yet been a case of the third wave of secondary wave spread from colleagues, acquaintances and family members to other contacts,” Chung said. He said: “To date, the largest number of confirmers are leaving King Club visitors on Day 2, and the highest rate is positive.”
However, as many asymptomatic infections have been found among the 54 confirmed members of Club Itaewon, the quarantine authorities are nervous. “Of the 54 (confirming) patients, 30% of the cases were diagnosed as asymptomatic,” said Jung. Previously, the path of infection was under investigation. ”
Quarantine officials have been concerned about Corona 19’s “silent spread” because it is so highly contagious during the asymptomatic period. In particular, medical facilities exposed to confirmers related to the Itaewon Club are also being monitored. It can lead to infection of medical personnel or collective infection. A psychiatric hospital in Incheon, where a confirmed visitor to the Itaewon Club is currently hospitalized, confirmed both voices in the comprehensive examination of hospitalized patients and workers. Similarly, a nurse from Seongnam Medical Center was confirmed after visiting the Itaewon Club, and a full examination of medical personnel is being carried out at the medical center.
“Healthy young people recover without any symptoms, even if they receive corona19, but it can be very fatal if the epidemic accumulates in the community and the elderly or the underlying patients are exposed to it.” Jung said: “From the perspective of the quarantine authorities, there were many concerns about entertainment facilities and religious facilities where close and close contact occurred, and that concern was expressed as a collective outbreak of the Itaewon Club, and I regret that much”.
Although the quarantine authorities issued an administrative order to refrain from operating entertainment facilities such as clubs for one month from day 8, there is growing concern about the spread of infections to high-risk facilities such as computer rooms and religious facilities.
In this regard, General Manager Jung said, “There are some guidelines for preventing infection in high-risk facilities, but there are some aspects that are not easy to maintain.” In addition, he added, “I think it is the last thing to do to stop the business by issuing an order to ban the collective meeting as in Seoul.”
Baek Min-jeong reporter [email protected]
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