Number of Infections Linked to Wine Bar Owner Near Pyeongtaek US Military Base Rises to 15

A military official is measuring the temperature of entrants at the entrance of the U.S. military base (Camp Humphreys) in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] Two additional people who came into contact with a wine bar owner diagnosed with COVID-19 in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, have also tested positive.

On the 4th, Pyeongtaek City announced that two people who were classified as contacts of Ms. A, a woman in her 40s with U.S. nationality residing in Jisan Coreau, Jisan-dong, who operates a wine bar in front of Osan Air Base (K-55) and was the 19th confirmed case in Pyeongtaek, tested positive while under self-quarantine.

The additional confirmed cases are a man in his 30s with U.S. nationality residing in Sinjang-dong (32nd case) and a woman in her 30s with Mongolian nationality residing in Jeil Punggyeongchae Apartment, Godeok-myeon (33rd case). The total number of confirmed cases presumed to be infected through Ms. A has now increased to 15. Among the 22 people who had contact with Ms. A, 15 tested positive, while the remaining 7 tested negative.

Furthermore, Pyeongtaek City reported that a man in his 20s residing in Jisan-dong, who was quarantined after contact with the first confirmed case in Dong-gu, Incheon, and was released from quarantine on the 31st of last month, also tested positive for COVID-19 on this day as the 34th case. Pyeongtaek City is investigating the recent movements and contact scale of the additional confirmed cases in cooperation with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and plans to disinfect their residences and other locations.

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