More than 80 confirmed cases were found in two days in the Corona 19 preliminary test conducted by Dongducheon City in Gyeonggi Province for foreigners residing in the region.



Dongducheon City announced today (2nd) that 81 people, including foreigners residing in the area, were confirmed to be corona19.



Dongducheon City is conducting a total inspection on 3,966 registered foreigners in the area as the number of foreigners confirmed in nearby local governments such as Yangju City has increased.



The 81 confirmed today were 79 foreigners and 2 Koreans who were examined on the 28th of last month.



On the 28th of last month, there were 509 domestic and foreigners who were tested at the Dongducheon City Screening Clinic and Temporary Screening Clinic. Of these, 7 were positive yesterday and 81 more were confirmed today.



Of the 88 confirmed cases for two days, 84 were foreigners and 4 were Koreans.



The number of confirmed Koreans is 3 children related to daycare centers and 1 asymptomatic preemptive test.



Most of the confirmed foreigners are asymptomatic, and their residence is Dongducheon, but the main living areas such as work were found to be various such as Yangju, Pocheon, Namyangju, and Incheon.



Yesterday's test personnel and results in Dongducheon City have not been accurately identified.



Of the 259 cumulative confirmed cases in Dongducheon to date, 138, or 53.3%, are foreigners.



Earlier, on the 18th of last month, Dongducheon City sent a notice to churches and communities related to foreigners and recommended that they be tested for Corona 19.



However, it is not known how many registered foreigners in Dongducheon City have undergone tests at the Dongducheon City Health Center screening clinics and temporary screening clinics.



The epidemiological relationship between the confirmed patients has not been confirmed, so there is concern about the spread of the local community.



Accordingly, the quarantine authorities are investigating the dynamics of the confirmed patients.



The quarantine authorities are conducting a basic epidemiological investigation by mobilizing 10 city hall staff who can speak English, and 15 epidemiological investigators from the central and Gyeonggi-do levels will be employed.



An official from Dongducheon City said, "There is nothing specially confirmed except that a bunch of foreigners have come out," and said, "It has not been confirmed what kind of work the confirmed foreigners are engaged in."



Meanwhile, as the number of confirmed cases increased, mainly among foreigners in the region, Dongducheon City, in consultation with the Office of Education, switched from local kindergarten and elementary, middle, and high school classes to remote classes for two days until tomorrow.



In addition, we are sending safety text messages in English through foreign communities, missionary pastors, and the Bosan-dong Shopping Center, so that foreign residents who have not undergone inspection and foreign workers in industrial complexes in the region can be inspected promptly.



In addition, we are considering temporarily extending the operating hours of the Temporary Screening Clinic from 9 am to 6 pm.



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