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a nursing hospital in Busan, where the elderly are located, 53 patients and staff have been diagnosed with Corona 19.
Some patients have already died, and recently, 8 people have died from symptoms of dyspnea and are investigating the relevance.
Reporter Song Seong-jun reports.
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is Haeterak Nursing Hospital in Busan.
Yesterday (14th), 53 patients and staff were confirmed to be corona19.
The hospital entered a cohort quarantine yesterday to contain the entire building.
The confirmed cases were taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon using an ambulance and a fire ambulance bus.
One of the patients has already died.
The problem is that only in the ward of the confirmed dead, 4 people have died from similar symptoms such as shortness of breath and fever since last September, and 4 people have died from similar symptoms in other wards.
With the possibility of being exposed to Corona 19 for a considerable period of time, questions are being raised about managing patient infections.
The nursing assistant, who was first confirmed at this hospital, said that he felt fever symptoms after nursing a confirmed person who died.
However, the hospital has been closed to visits and outsiders since last March and undergoes rigorous corona tests when new patients enter, raising the possibility of transmission through staff.
[Ahn Byung-seon/Pusan City Citizens' Prevention Promotion Director: There is a suspicion of infection among employees who are able to commute to work or work from the outside, and it is estimated that the infection chain has been linked to patients and employees again.] In
particular, the area of Mandeok-dong, Busan, where the hospital is located
.
Recently, 26 confirmed patients came out one after another, paying attention to local infections.
Accordingly, the Busan City Health Authority decided to conduct a full examination on 11 patients and 1,400 employees in 11 nursing hospitals in Mandeok-dong.
In addition, from 0 o'clock today, we have decided to extend the order for group restrictions for general restaurants and rest restaurants in Mandeok-dong for another two weeks.