▲ Corona 19, a residence in Yongin, Itaewon Club with men


A 29-year-old man from Yongin-si, Gyeonggi Province, who was considered the first community infected in three days across the country, has been reported to have transferred five clubs in Itaewon for five hours overnight during the last holiday period, raising concerns about group infection. .

When the five clubs were combined, it was estimated that there were about 2,000 people, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted an epidemiologic investigation of the clubs.

Mr. A, who attends a famous software company in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, is a corona19 confirmer who occurred in Yongin-si yesterday (6 days) in a month.

According to the results of epidemiological investigations by Yongin-si and quarantine authorities, Mr. A had six confirmed two days before the onset of symptoms, from yesterday to last yesterday. It turns out that I was walking around the area.

On the 30th of last month, when the holiday began, he went to play with three friends in Songpa, Gyeonggi, Gapyeong, and Chuncheon and Hongcheon in Gangwon.

The next day, Mr. A, who returned home at 5:30 pm on the first day, visited the main branch of Hwangjae Kodari Naengmyeon, Sugi-gu, Yongin-si, and the Resfried Bundang liquor store in Giheung-gu on the same afternoon. I went to Itaewon's club.

It was found that Anyang's confirmed people traveled together.

By moving around the club in less than an hour, we gathered 5 clubs in Itaewon for a total of 5 hours until 4 am on the second day, the next day.

It was not confirmed how many people were in the club at the time, but it is estimated that there were about 2,000 people with 300 to 500 people per club.

Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are conducting an epidemiological investigation by sending epidemiologists to the club in Itaewon, visited by Mr. A and his colleagues today.

An official from Yongsan-gu said, "We don't know the exact contact in the club because the epidemiological investigation is still in progress. The epidemiologists are watching and grasping the CCTV."

Including this club, Mr. A's club, known as Itaewon's club, is well known as a 'gay club' for sexual minorities.

The club informs the SNS that "the community confirmer has confirmed the visit on the 2nd. It has undergone procedures such as checking fever upon entry, writing a guestbook, and mandatory hand disinfection and wearing a mask when re-entering, but is exposed to the confirmer's circulation. There is also an article saying "I will tell you the fact as it is."

A health professional who asked for anonymity said, "As in the early days of the corona crisis, as in the case of Shinchonji's mass infection, people who used this club are likely to be reluctant to disclose their identities." "You can develop."

On the second day, Mr. A came back to Yongin's house by a taxi at 4:40 on the morning of the day, and then visited the youngest Ssambab Jeongja store in Seongnam-si, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, and the Seven-Eleven Bundangsol Village in the afternoon on the same day. Went home.

On the second day, Mr. A had a fever (39 degrees) and diarrhea symptoms, so we cannot rule out the possibility of spreading to other people in various clubs in Seoul.

At around noon on the 3rd, I returned home after visiting the Department of Pharmacy and the Department of Otolaryngology at Yeonmu-dong, Suwon-si, and stayed at home on the 4th.

On the 5th, at 10:30 AM, Suwon's Cho Eun-Otolaryngologist visited the department again, but he was not treated for a break. Soon after, at 11 AM, he visited the Kiheung-gu Public Health Center, Yongin-si, and received samples.

Next, a car accident occurred in front of the Giheung-gu Public Health Center, so I met an insurance company employee and returned home after visiting a pharmacy.

Mr. A was judged positive at 7:55 am yesterday and was transferred to Suwon Hospital, Gyeonggi Medical Center.

In Yongin-si epidemiological survey, five people were classified as close contact with Mr. A, restaurant employees, liquor store owners, friends, insurance workers, and taxi drivers.

All of them were negative.

However, a man in his 30s in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, who went to the club with Mr. A, was examined asymptomatically today (7 days) and then confirmed.

It is known that the health authorities are trying to figure out how many people A had contacted in Seoul and Bundang.


This is because there is a high possibility that additional 'blinking patients' may occur if Mr. A's travel path is not correctly displayed.

In addition, 43 contacts from Mr. A's Bundang-based company (including 16 in Seongnam) will be subject to self-isolation and thorough inspections.

An official from the health authorities said, "This man has no history of traveling abroad and is classified as a community infected who has not been caught by the existing quarantine network." "There is great fear of spreading."

As the controversy and criticism of Mr. A grew, a man who said Mr. A (nickname aegumpumpum) posted an apology and explanation on SNS saying, "I was curious about the Itaewon Club. It's my fault."

On the other hand, Yoon Tae-ho, the head of the Center for Prevention and Accidents at Central Accident Remediation Headquarters, was concerned about infection through clubs such as Mr. A's case during the regular briefing at the Central Emergency Management Headquarters held at the Sejong Government Complex. "It can be done at your discretion."

(Photo = Facebook capture of Yongin Market, Baekgungi, Yonhap News)