Identified Staying at 5 Local Hospitals and Pharmacies
Bucheon City: "All 11 Salespersons Who Contacted the Confirmed Case Tested Negative"
On the afternoon of the 28th of last month, citizens waiting for tests stood in line at the screening clinic of Bucheon City Public Health Center in Jung-dong, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. / Photo by Yonhap News
[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] One of the newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, has been identified as a pharmaceutical company sales representative. This confirmed case is known to have stayed at local hospitals and pharmacies, causing concern among health authorities.
According to Bucheon City on the 3rd, A (31), the 118th confirmed case in Bucheon residing in Sosabon-dong, has been identified as a pharmaceutical company sales representative. The city reported that after coming into contact with the 46th confirmed case in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, A experienced suspicious symptoms and underwent a specimen test on the 31st of last month, receiving a positive result the following day, the 1st.
In particular, it is reported that A likely stayed at hospitals and pharmacies as a pharmaceutical company sales representative.
Regarding this, Jang Deokcheon, mayor of Bucheon, explained, "According to the investigation by health authorities so far, A is known to have stayed at five locations including hospitals and pharmacies," and added, "Eleven other pharmaceutical company sales representatives who had contact with A during the same period all tested negative."
Meanwhile, health authorities are conducting an epidemiological investigation, presuming that A was infected while dining with the 46th confirmed case in Gangseo-gu, and plan to focus on tracing A’s movements and identifying close contacts.
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