First Two COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Gangnam-gu (Comprehensive)

Gangnam District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun Announces in Briefing at 4 PM on the 26th that Two People, a 27-Year-Old Man and a 30-Year-Old Woman, Tested Positive for COVID-19

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] On the 26th, Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun) reported its first two confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun of Gangnam-gu stated at a briefing at 4 p.m. that day, "This morning, two individuals in Gangnam-gu, a 27-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, were confirmed positive for COVID-19."

Mayor Jeong explained, "The 27-year-old man, a member of the Shincheonji Church, resides in Gamsam-dong, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, and is a university student at a university in Daegu. After attending a Shincheonji Daegu Church service on the 16th, he visited and stayed at his sister’s house in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu from the 19th. On the morning of the 25th, he underwent a COVID-19 test at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center screening clinic, and the test results confirmed him positive this morning."

He added, "The other confirmed case, a 30-year-old woman, is an office worker residing in Jeju City. After attending a friend’s wedding held at a wedding hall in Dalseo-gu, Daegu on the 16th, she stayed at her sister’s house in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, where she has lived for the past year. She showed symptoms of high fever of 37.5℃, cough, and sputum, and after testing at the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center on the 25th, she was confirmed positive this morning."

Mayor Jeong stated, "Gangnam-gu immediately notified the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Seoul City upon confirmation of the positive cases, and this afternoon, both confirmed patients were transferred to isolation beds at Seoul Metropolitan Seonam Hospital located in Yangcheon-gu."

Additionally, Gangnam-gu has identified close contacts of the two confirmed patients for self-quarantine measures and is conducting tests through the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center screening clinic to prevent local spread of COVID-19. From this morning, first-round disinfection measures have been completed at the apartments, officetels, and nearby residential areas in Apgujeong-dong and Nonhyeon-dong where the patients stayed, as well as their workplaces, the gym used by the female patient, their private vehicles, and parking lots.

Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun concluded, "Gangnam-gu will transparently disclose detailed movement paths of the confirmed patients to residents to minimize local spread and will take necessary measures such as second-round disinfection."