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Yesterday (2nd) today at Asan Hospital in Seoul, 6 patients and their guardians were confirmed.

Also, at a chicken restaurant in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, six employees had coronavirus.

If you have any suspicious symptoms after going to the store, I would like you to take a test.



Reporter Lee Hyun-jung organized the news of the additional confirmation of the metropolitan area.



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cancer patient in her 50s, who was hospitalized at Asan Hospital in Seoul, was confirmed yesterday with Corona 19, and five additional patients, including two other patients and three guardians, were confirmed today.



All confirmed cases came from the 7th floor of the East Building.



Four patients were hospitalized in the 6-person ward on the 7th floor. Following the first confirmed patient, A male cancer patient in her 50s, one patient and two guardians were confirmed, and one patient and one guardian each were confirmed in two next wards.



The hospital tested all 350 patients, guardians, and medical staff up to the 7th floor and the 8th floor where medical staff went, but the rest were negative and were moved to the quarantine ward.



The route of infection of the first confirmed person has not yet been confirmed.



[Seoul Asan Hospital officials: Through additional epidemiological investigations, additional corona diagnostic tests will be conducted for employees or patients with overlapping movements with confirmed patients.]



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Employees at the famous chicken chain BHC Seongnam Shinheung Sujin Branch All but 1 out of 7 people are infected with Corona 19, and the quarantine authorities are investigating the route.




Yesterday, one employee was confirmed for the first time, three yesterday, and two today.



The quarantine authorities visited the store from the 23rd to the 31st of last month and requested that anyone with suspicious symptoms contact the public health center.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik and Park Dong-ryul, video editing: Kim Ho-jin, CG: Kim Kyu-yeon) 



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