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Five short days ago South Korea had only racked up 31 COVID-19 cases in just under a month. Starting on Wednesday we began to see signs of significant community spread of the virus, and over the past 72 hours we've seen over 500 cases reported.
The 1600hrs (KST) summary shows 169 cases have been added over the past 24 hours. Down a bit over the 229 cases reported the previous 24 hours, but still sizable. Today's count sits at 602, and deaths have increased to 5, as well.
The afternoon update (above) is just a summary, but the morning update (issued 9 hours ago) provides more details about the cases (to that point). Some excerpts from the morning report follow:
Coronavirus Infection-19 Domestic Outbreaks (February 23)
□ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CEO Eun-Kyung Jung), as of February 23, 20, 9:00 am, 210 people (123 people compared to 16:00) compared to 9:00 am the day before, 556 people have been confirmed. Of these, 534 were said to be in quarantine. In addition, 16,038 were negative for the test and 6,039 were for the test.
○ Among the 556 members so far, there are 309 cases (55.6%) related to the Shincheon Earth Church.
The current status and major regional conditions of newly confirmed patients are as follows.
○ In Seoul, an investigation is underway around the case of Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital. To date, two confirmed patients * have occurred in the hospital.
* 161st patient (85 years old, male, transporter), 365th patient (58 years old, male, hospitalized patient)
-The 161st patient had symptoms such as fever and cough since February 2. To date, 302 * of the contacts were identified, and 75 of the patients were hospitalized for single room isolation, discharged patients and staff. .
* 75 hospitalized patients, 187 discharged patients, 28 employees, 12 families and communities
-The 365th patient developed fever and headache symptoms from Feb. 2, and was admitted to Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital from Feb. 5 to 22. We are investigating additional places and contacts.
○ In Busan, seven people were confirmed * by 9 am today. Among them, four confirmed persons were related to Shincheon Daegu Church and three confirmed persons related to Oncheon Church in Dongnae-gu.
* 16 patients including additional confirmed patients after 9 am (Busan Metropolitan Presentation)
-The patients who were confirmed as sons of Wuhan citizens of the Onsen church were included (01-year-old male). Investigation is in progress. After returning from Wuhan, my father retested on February 22 and confirmed negatively.
-The church ceased religious events as of today, and in the event of fever or respiratory symptoms among members who participated in the religious event on February 16, they first contacted the local public health center or the Center for Disease Control (1339). We recommended that you see your doctor at your nearest screening clinic as instructed.
○ The Daegu area has secured a list of members of the Shincheon District Daegu Church to check for symptom by wire contact, guide the self-isolation, and promptly inspect any symptoms.
-In addition, 510 patients with pneumonia over 19 years of age were admitted to the area, and 470 patients were examined so far, and a total of 2 patients were identified by 2.22 days.
-As a result, Daegu is conducting investigations and quarantine measures with the possibility of expanding the community, and securing 246 beds of Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital and 274 beds of Daegu Medical Center for quarantine treatment of surging patients. 101 medical personnel, including health doctors and nurses, will be treated.
○ In Gwangju area, a total of 7 confirmed patients besides existing 21st century hospitals were confirmed. All attended or contacted religious events at Shinchon Daegu Church, and the investigation is being conducted mainly on the families of the patients and whether they use the Shincheon Learning Center in Gwangju.
○ In Gyeongbuk, a third death case (born in 63, male) involving Qingdao Daenam Hospital occurred. The patient was admitted to the hospital for a long time, was confirmed to have died of aggravated pneumonia, and its association with corona 19 is being investigated.
-In Gyeongbuk, an additional 18 out of 39 people who have visited the Holy Land of Israel from February 8 to 16 were confirmed *, and the remaining 21 are being tested. 17 Catholics in Andong Diocese (Gyeongbuk), 1 guide (Seoul)
-41 churches in the Andong diocese of Catholic church, where the sponsors were confirmed, decided to suspend mass and meeting until March 13.
□ The National Defense Agency's headquarters says that the current situation is spreading in some regions and groups, and it is necessary to quickly find patients in the regions and group members, promptly isolate the patients, and proceed with active treatment. Most importantly, he said.
○ If you visit or contact Shinchon Daegu Church in February, refrain from outside activities and stay at home, observe hand washing and coughing manners, and whether you have fever or respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat, dyspnea, etc.) Closely watched for symptoms and immediately reported them to the local public health center.
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