The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced today (9th) that five customers were confirmed in the Corona 19 group infection that occurred at the Hyundai Department Store Trade Center branch in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Quarantine authorities are guiding department store visitors to undergo testing, so the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 among customers may increase.
From the 26th of last month to the 6th of this month, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters sent a text message to the people who visited this department store to undergo an examination.
The number of visitors during this period is estimated at about 190,000, and even if overlapping is excluded, it can reach about 100,000.
The quarantine authorities are conducting tests on 3,615 department store workers.
The group infection at the Hyundai Department Store Trade Center branch was revealed as two employees were confirmed on the 4th of this month.
Yesterday (8th), 9 more people were confirmed by 6 pm, raising the number of confirmed cases to 80.
As a result of the epidemiological investigation, it was confirmed that some employees of department stores were working even after symptoms appeared.
In addition, the infection spread as employees shared warehouses and changing rooms.
As the weather got warmer, it was investigated that some employees went into the refrigerator room inside the food warehouse and talked and ate snacks without wearing a mask while resting.
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