Uijeongbu Rehabilitation Hospital confirmed that 9 people increased, a total of 35 people … Route of infection unclear (3 reports)

Uijeongbu City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 7th that 9 patients (Uijeongbu No. 199-207) were further confirmed at Master Plus Hospital, a specialized rehabilitation hospital in Howon 2-dong, where a new infection with coronavirus (Corona 19).

As a result, the number of confirmed cases related to this hospital rose to 35 after the first outbreak the day before.

There were 16 hospitalized patients, 9 caregivers, 7 caregivers, and 3 nurses. 32 people were confirmed on the fifth floor and 3 were confirmed on the third floor.

Previously, in this hospital, 8 patients, including 6 patients and 2 guardians, were confirmed in the morning of the previous day (Uijeongbu 172-179). The hospitalized patients and guardians on the fifth floor had a high fever, so the hospital requested a diagnostic test from the health authorities.

When the confirmed person came out, the test was expanded and 6 additional patients (No. 180-185 in Uijeongbu) tested positive on the same morning, including one patient, two guardians, two caregivers, and a nurse.

Health authorities obtained a list of 400 people related to the hospital and conducted a full examination. Of the 94 patients whose results were obtained for the first time on the same night, 12 patients were confirmed, including 5 patients, 5 caregivers, and 2 guardians (Uijeongbu # 187-198). done.

Health authorities have examined a total of 565 people so far.

530 people, including patients, guardians, caregivers and medical staff who have secured the list at the hospital, and 35 people who voluntarily inspected after seeing a disaster text message after a group of confirmed patients.

Of these, 35 tested positive for Corona 19.

Of the six confirmed this afternoon, one nurse was shut down, so a sample was taken later, and one guardian was classified as a contact and tested. .

Health authorities have established a policy to retest if the contact is positive, even if the test is negative, and the hospital visitor’s test will continue, so more confirmed cases may appear in the future.

The route of infection has not yet been identified.

Among the confirmed cases, 16 hospitalized patients were found to have no clear movements. Since they are between 60 and 80 years old, most of them do not remember when symptoms began and some are difficult to communicate, making it difficult for health authorities to determine the route of infection.

Epidemiological investigations are also underway on the remaining 19 people, including guardians, caregivers and nurses, who have been admitted to the hospital relatively frequently, but there are no visible lines or contacts as a route of infection.

In epidemiological investigations so far, some confirmed cases with symptoms have been identified since the 29th of last month.

However, the hospital confirmed 10 people with symptoms on the morning of the 5th, and when there was a possibility of confirmation, the hospital notified the health authorities that same afternoon, and finally it was confirmed that 8 people would be confirmed the next morning.

Following the intervention of the health authorities, the test subjects spread from the entire fifth floor ward to the entire hospital and confirmed cases continued.

For this reason, health officials are looking to see if the hospital has followed quarantine rules.

Eyewitness accounts that hospitalized patients were often in front of the hospital building are investigating this part.

This hospital was expanded and moved to a size of 205 beds with 1 basement level and 2-6 floors above grade, 53 wards and 205 beds in May, and it is known that 189 people were hospitalized. There are restaurants and other shops on the ground floor.

The health authorities ordered the temporary closure of the hospital (centralized management establishment).

It usually lasts 14 days. Hospitalization and outpatient treatment are suspended, but discharge is possible.

Additionally, a cohort (the same group) was quarantined on the fifth floor, an inpatient ward with a large number of confirmed patients, and admission / discharge and transfer between wards were prohibited.

Among those on the fifth floor, about 100 quarantined after a negative test were retested a week later.

The inpatient wards on the third and fourth floors are also considering cohort isolation.

Some of the stores on the first floor voluntarily closed the day after the day before to prevent spread.

Health authorities said: “If you visit this hospital from the 27th to the 5th of the last month, you should be examined at a nearby public health center or screening clinic, regardless of symptoms.”

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