Daegu Keimyung University Medical Student Confirmed with COVID-19... Dongsan Hospital Practice Room Closed

On May 26, at Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital in Jung-gu, Daegu, disinfection and quarantine company personnel are conducting internal disinfection work in the hospital ward that was used as a 'COVID-19' isolation ward.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] It has been confirmed that one student from the College of Medicine at Keimyung University in Daegu tested positive for COVID-19 on the 29th. The quarantine authorities dispatched epidemiological investigators to identify close contacts and trace the movements of the confirmed case, while closing the building where the confirmed patient stayed.

According to Daegu city and others on the 29th, a male student in his 20s, A, a third-year medical student at Keimyung University, was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the same day.

This student, who is undergoing clinical practice at Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, was detected with a fever by a thermal imaging camera when trying to enter the hospital building the day before and was tested. Most Keimyung University students are attending online classes, while medical students enter the hospital for practical training and other purposes.

With one additional confirmed case on this day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Daegu area increased to 6,881.