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After confirming that 23 Chinese patients, who were located in Wuhan, visited Lotte Department Store headquarters in two weeks, the department decided to temporarily close. The government has not yet identified the whereabouts of 25 foreigners from Wuhan.

I am Son Hyung-an.

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Lotte Department Store, Jung-gu, Seoul Packed department staff rush out of the building.

It was confirmed that patient 23, a Chinese, visited the last two days.

[Department store staff: (patient No. 23) came to and from here, so after receiving the information, tell them to go home. ]

Lotte Department Store will be reopened on the 10th after entering temporary closure.

Patient 23 walked out of the nearby President Hotel during the last two days to the Lotte Department Store.

After shopping, I stopped at the hostel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and then went to E-mart Mapo Gongdeok Branch by acquaintance's car.

E-Mart has also entered a break.

[E-Mart employee: I will start the quarantine once a day for three days, and after the quarantine work, I can know when to reopen.]

The patient arrived in Wuhan, China on the 23rd of last month and was confirmed, but was not contacted for two weeks.

The health authorities have not yet identified the whereabouts of 25 foreigners who came from Wuhan before the restrictions on entry to Hubei Province.

Five out of 25 people have passed two weeks of virus incubation.

Authorities say they are quarantining the status of the four more identified.