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Four nurses were caught in Corona 19 at Samsung Seoul Hospital, a large hospital within five fingers in Korea. One nurse from the operating room was confirmed yesterday (18th), followed by three others who were working together. Where they are infected is still unknown, but health officials are currently investigating more than 600 people as contacts.

This is the first news reporter.

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A nurse in her 20s who worked at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, was confirmed corona19 yesterday afternoon.

Mr. A participated in the surgery on the 14th, and afterwards, symptoms of fever and sore throat began on the 16th of the weekend, and it was confirmed yesterday after not attending work.

262 medical staff and 15 patients were classified as contacts, and three of them were diagnosed this morning.

One of the additional diagnoses had muscle soreness symptoms yesterday, but the other two were still reported asymptomatic.

As the number of confirmed patients increased to 4, the number of contacts surveyed in the hospital also exceeded 600.

Currently, 273 people are waiting for test results.

It was found that all four nurses, as well as Mr. A, had never been in contact with anyone who had ever been to or from Itaewon.

The hospital closed the entire operating floor on the third floor where they worked and stopped accepting new patients in the main building.

[Park Won-soon / Seoul Mayor: It is a very serious situation that a large group of hospitals with severe patients and underlying patients has a large group of infections… .]In Gangnam Hospital, Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, a radiologist B in his 20s was confirmed.

Mr. B ate with his friends on the 14th and 15th, and one of his friends was confirmed after a visit to the Itaewon Club.

The health authorities are separating about 200 patients and medical staff from Gangnam Hospital and conducting epidemiological investigations.

(Video coverage: Dong-ryul Park, Young-chun Oh, Dong-cheol Kang, Video editing: Ji-in Park, CG: Hyun-jung Seo)   

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