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Then, we will connect our reporters who are out of Samsung Seoul Hospital to find out what has been released so far.

Reporter Nam Joo-hyun, I am concerned that the medical staff of a large hospital has been infected, and that the path of infection has not been confirmed, especially where it started.

<Reporter> The

epidemiological investigation focused on not only identifying the contact, but also identifying the path of infection. It has not yet been revealed who among the four nurses was the first to be infected and whether it was an infection in the hospital.

Currently, not all patients admitted or operated by Samsung Seoul Hospital undergo a corona test, so the possibility of infection through patients cannot be excluded.

After all, this is an area to be solved by additional epidemiological investigations, and it is also necessary to check whether there are any missing contacts such as discharged patients and whether the confirmers are wearing a mask.

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Five years ago, about half of all patients at MERS had a painful memory from Samsung Seoul Hospital, so it would be more stressful for medical staff, but now it seems to be important to prevent further spread.

<Reporter>

Yes, especially two of the nurses confirmed today (19th) were confirmed asymptomatic.

I have to worry about whether there are more asymptomatic medical staff or more patients. Samsung Seoul Hospital has around 9,000 outpatients per day and 2,000 beds.

In particular, there are many serious patients, so it is important to find the path of infection quickly and prevent further spread.

However, since the infection control in hospitals has been strengthened since MERS 5 years ago, and the density in hospitals has been considerably lowered, there are also careful expectations and prospects that the damage will not be as great as then.

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However, Samsung Seoul Hospital is a place where a lot of serious patients and those who need major surgery go, but I am worried that there will be no problems in caring for urgent patients because the medical staff are isolated.

 <Reporter> As of

5 pm, 121 people were self-contained, including 88 medical staff.

Four of them are professors of thoracic surgery and gynecology.

Depending on the results of genetic tests and additional epidemiological investigations, the number of self-isolated persons may vary, but for the time being, these two departments will inevitably suffer some degree of disruption.

If Corona 19 comes out of the hospital, it's probably one of the most concerned areas of health.

(On-site progress: Kim Dae-cheol, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)