'COVID-19' Penetrates Even Busan, Men and Women Confirmed Positive at Daedong Hospital and Haeundae Paik Hospital

On the 21st, the screening clinic at Busan Haeundae Paik Hospital, where a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) case was confirmed, was closed.
Photo by Kim Jonghyo

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jong-hyo] Two confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Busan area, where there had been no confirmed cases before.

According to Busan City, at around 11:20 a.m. on the 21st, a 57-year-old woman, Ms. A, who showed symptoms of coughing and chills, visited Haeundae Paik Hospital.

Ms. A showed symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive after examination.

Also, a 19-year-old man, Mr. B, who visited the screening clinic at Daedong Hospital in Dongnae-gu that morning and complained of headaches, tested positive after a COVID-19 epidemiological investigation was conducted.

Busan City plans to dispatch epidemiological investigators to trace their movements. The movements will be identified by directly questioning the confirmed patients and checking financial transaction information, among other methods.

The health authorities plan to transfer them to Busan Medical Center, which has negative pressure isolation rooms, for intensive treatment.