Busan Haetteurak Nursing Hospital Staff and 52 Patients Infected in Group... Enter 'Cohort Isolation'

After a Female Nursing Assistant in Her 50s Tested Positive on the 13th, Confirmed Cases Surge on the 14th

Haetteurak Nursing Hospital, Mandeok-dong, Buk-gu, Busan. [Image source=Haetteurak Nursing Hospital Naver Blog]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] At a nursing hospital in Buk-gu, Busan, 52 employees and patients were collectively infected with COVID-19, leading to cohort isolation of the facility.

Health authorities suspect the cluster infection originated from employees and have launched an urgent epidemiological investigation. This is the largest single-location cluster infection case in the Busan area.

On the 14th, Busan city health authorities announced that a total of 52 people, including 9 employees and 43 patients at Haetteurak Nursing Hospital in Mandeok-dong, Buk-gu, tested positive for COVID-19.

The health authorities conducted diagnostic tests on 262 people, including hospital staff and patients, after a female nursing assistant in her 50s at the hospital (Busan case number 485) was confirmed positive the previous day, resulting in 52 confirmed cases that morning.

Buk-gu, Busan, is searching for passengers who boarded the Samjin Passenger Bus No. 111, identified as part of the movement path of case number 485. On Thursday, October 8, at approximately 1:56 PM, case 485 boarded this bus at the Mandeok Green Core Apartment stop and got off about 3 minutes later at 1:59 PM at the Dongmun Good Morning Hill Apartment stop.

Health authorities are requesting that passengers on this bus during the same time visit health centers for consultation.

The nursing hospital is currently under cohort isolation, and the city is confirming the exact source of infection and the movement paths of confirmed cases through epidemiological investigations.

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