Additional COVID-19 Case Reported in Gwangju...Visited Daegu Shincheonji

Gwangju Metropolitan City Seo-gu Public Health Center Screening Clinic.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Additional confirmed cases of 'COVID-19' have occurred in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

According to health authorities on the 20th, A (31), who resides in Pungam-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 by the Gwangju Health and Environment Research Institute around 9 p.m. that day.

It is known that A visited the Seo-gu screening health center around 11:50 a.m. that day to undergo a coronavirus test.

A was classified as a contact after attending a worship service at the Shincheonji Daegu Church, where a COVID-19 cluster outbreak occurred on the 16th, and it was later reported that A also visited Nam-gu, Gwangju.

A is scheduled to be transferred to a negative pressure ward at Chosun University Hospital.

Seo-gu plans to focus on identifying close contacts.