South Korea isolates apartment complex in Daegu after mass infection reported

Record ID: 1462470

  • Title: South Korea isolates apartment complex in Daegu after mass infection reported
  • Date: 7th March 2020
  • Summary: DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 7, 2020) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE OF APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE SOUTH KOREA'S HEALTH AUTHORITIES BANNED FULL ENTRY AND EXIT OF PEOPLE AFTER MASS INFECTION WAS REPORTED EXTERIOR OF APARTMENT BUILDING NOTICE READING (Korean): "RESTRICTED AREA, AUTHORIZED PERSON ONLY" / "ENTRY AND EXIT CONTROL" / "THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF THIS AREA IS FULLY BANNED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS" SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS ARRANGING EMERGENCY KITS LOADED ON TRUCK FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE SELF-ISOLATING WORKERS IN PROTECTIVE SUIT GETTING ON TRUCK
  • Embargoed: 21st March 2020 08:00
  • Keywords: COVID-19 Daegu Seoul South Korea apartment coronavirus isolation
  • Location: DAEGU AND CHEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: DAEGU AND CHEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001C41WKEF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A new cluster case reported on Saturday (March 7) at an apartment complex in Daegu, where some members of Shincheonji church live, health authorities said.
    The decision of first cohort isolation at an apartment complex came after 46 were infected with coronavirus in the apartment where 141 people live, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency said on Saturday, quoting Daegu city officials.
    South Korea's coronavirus cases rose to 6,767 on Saturday, up by 174 from late Friday (March 6), with more than 60% of the total cases linked to the secretive church at the center of the country's outbreak.
    The number of people infected with the contagious disease has spiked in South Korea since mid-February when a 61-year-old woman known as "Patient 31" tested positive after attending religious services at a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the southeastern city of Daegu.
    (Production: Kim Kyung-hoon, Chaeyoun Won, Hyunyoung Yi)
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