On the 3rd, five additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) were confirmed at Asan Hospital in Seoul.
Including the cancer patients in their 50s who were confirmed the day before, there were a total of 6 confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Asan Hospital in Seoul.
According to the Seoul Asan Hospital, a total of 5 additional patients, including 2 patients and 3 guardians in the same ward, were confirmed as a result of a full examination of the patients, guardians and medical staff on the 7th and 8th floors of the East Building where the confirmed patient was found.
Asan Medical Center in Seoul moved to an quarantine ward for examinations when a male cancer patient in his 50s was confirmed with Corona 19 during hospitalization the day before.
The previous day, the confirmed patient was hospitalized on the 7th floor, but taking into account the situation of medical staff coming and going, the 8th floor patients were also subject to restrictions and tests were conducted.
All patients, guardians, and medical staff were judged as'negative' except for the 5 additional confirmed in the full test from the evening before to the dawn of the day.
Seoul Asan Hospital believes that the possibility of further infection is not high, but the route of infection is still unclear.
An official at Seoul Asan Hospital said, "It is judged that the possibility of an additional infected person other than a total of 6 will be small."
Five additional corona 19 confirmed cases were confirmed at Asan Hospital in Seoul on the 3rd.
Including the cancer patients in their 50s who were confirmed the day before, there were a total of 6 confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Asan Hospital in Seoul.
According to the Seoul Asan Hospital, a total of 5 additional patients, including 2 patients and 3 guardians in the same ward, were confirmed as a result of a full examination of the patients, guardians and medical staff on the 7th and 8th floors of the East Building where the confirmed patient was found.
Asan Medical Center in Seoul moved to an quarantine ward for examinations when a male cancer patient in his 50s was confirmed with Corona 19 during hospitalization the day before.
The previous day, the confirmed patient was hospitalized on the 7th floor, but taking into account the situation of medical staff coming and going, the 8th floor patients were also subject to restrictions and tests were conducted.
All patients, guardians, and medical staff were judged as'negative' except for the 5 additional confirmed in the full test from the evening before to the dawn of the day.
Seoul Asan Hospital believes that the possibility of further infection is not high, but the route of infection is still unclear.
An official at Seoul Asan Hospital said, "It is judged that the possibility of an additional infected person other than a total of 6 will be small."
As a confirmed case occurred at Asan Hospital in Seoul, the doctors at the hospital on strike decided to return to Corona 19 response work.
The Emergency Response Committee of the major of Asan Medical Center in Seoul said on this day, "As the medical staff is concerned about the gap, we decided to voluntarily return to the work of the major for essential medical personnel for responding to COVID-19." I will cooperate with the medical treatment so that it does not occur," he said.
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