<Anchor> As the
quarantine authorities deepened, the number of confirmed patients at Severance Hospital in Seoul increased to 21 in total.
It was confirmed that some of the confirmed patients went to the hospital even though they had symptoms.
This is reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
<Reporter>
All four additional confirmed patients in Severance Hospital came from the rehabilitation hospital.
The number of confirmed patients in the rehabilitation hospital became 11, as the 8th floor ward guardian and three environmental cleansers were added.
In addition to the two previously confirmed nurses, the medical staff at the rehabilitation hospital were all confirmed negative.
In addition to the 7th floor of the rehabilitation hospital, the 8th floor is also investigating the connection between the two floors, and the contact point between the rehabilitation hospital and the main building.
[Kwak Jin/Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters Patient Management Team Leader: We are confirming that they have gone to the rehabilitation ward prior to the symptom onset.] The
health authorities said that the first confirmed person from the nutrition team felt symptoms for the first time on the 3rd, but some of the confirmed cases were confirmed. It was confirmed that I went to work even though I had symptoms.
[Park Yoomi/Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau Director: It has been confirmed that some have gone to work despite having symptoms such as fever and sore throat.
We will closely investigate compliance with the quarantine regulations.]
The hospital and suppliers explained that they had a fever test twice a day, and none of the confirmed cases had a fever.
Even if you do not have a fever, if you have other symptoms such as a sore throat or cough, you should not go to work and have to undergo an examination.
(Video coverage: Young-chun Oh and Min-cheol Kim, Video editing: Moo-hwan Cho)