South Korea COVID-19 Cases - 22,055 cases; 331 deaths

[Commonground]

[h=1]Coronavirus cases in South Korea and Malaysia linked to Singapore meeting spark WHO investigation[/h]

• A Malaysian and South Korean were infected after going to a conference in Singapore, which included guests from China and Wuhan
• The source of their infections has not been identified

Continued: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east...th-korea-confirms-two-new-cases-including-man

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/world/story20200205-1026568

South Korea confirms 19th case of neocoronavirus infection
Text / Chen Huichen
Posted / February 5, 2020 9:29 PM
Update / February 5, 2020 9:31 PM
South Korea ’s Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasure Department said on Wednesday (5th) that an additional case of new coronavirus infection was added that afternoon and a total of 19 confirmed cases were reported, of which 1 was cured and discharged on the same day. (AFP)

(Morning News) South Korea ’s Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasure Department said on Wednesday (5th) that there was one new case of coronavirus infection in the afternoon, and a total of 19 confirmed cases were reported, including one cured and discharged on the same day.

The Yonhap News Agency reported that the 19th case (36-year-old Korean male) visited Singapore last month from the 18th to 23rd of the same month and attended the same international conference as the 17th confirmed patient (38-year-old Korean male). The patient was quarantined at his home on the 4th after receiving a notification from Malaysian participants that he was infected with the new crown virus, and the 17th patient was examined on the day after being diagnosed with the new crown virus. The test result was positive.

In addition, the 18th case (21 years old) was the daughter of the 16th case (42-year-old Korean woman), who was quarantined after the 16th case was diagnosed, and the infection was confirmed that day. The 16th case returned to China after traveling to Thailand on the 19th of last month, and was confirmed to be infected with the new crown virus yesterday.

As a result, South Korea added a total of three new cases on Wednesday. So far, a total of 956 people have been contacted with confirmed cases. The health department is still conducting epidemiological investigations on the 17, 18, and 19 confirmed cases, and it is expected that the number of contacts will increase further.

 

[Pathfinder]

16th coronavirus patient not flagged for 10 days despite symptoms

By Kim So-hyunPublished : Feb 5, 2020 - 14:14 Updated : Feb 5, 2020 - 17:44

Concerns about the new coronavirus are growing as news emerged that the 42-year-old South Korean woman at the center of Korea’s 16th confirmed case was not flagged as a possible carrier for a full 10 days, despite having symptoms after a trip to Thailand.
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This is because health authorities have limited the information provided to medical institutions for the purpose of controlling the spread of the new coronavirus, disclosing only records concerning patients’ visits to China.

The 16th patient began to show symptoms such as fever and chills on Jan. 25 after returning from Thailand on Jan. 19.
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According to the university hospital staff, they asked the local health center whether she should be tested for the new coronavirus, and was told it was unnecessary since she hadn’t visited China.
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However, when her condition did not improve, she was hospitalized at the Gwangju 21st Century Hospital for seven days beginning Jan. 28.

On Feb. 3, her shortness of breath and pneumonia symptoms worsened, and she was moved to the emergency room at Chonnam National University Hospital and placed under quarantine.

Her coronavirus-positive status was confirmed the next day.

The fact that the 16th patient was hospitalized for a week also raises concerns about the possibility that some patients may be able to transmit the disease much more readily than others, and to many more people.
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In light of these concerns, the Gwangju 21st Century Hospital has temporarily closed and its inpatients are in isolation.
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By Kim So-hyun (sophie@heraldcorp.com)

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200205000691

 

[Treyfish]

[h=1]S. Korea reports 4 more cases of novel coronavirus, total now at 23[/h] Welfare/Medicine 08:04 February 06, 2020
:tiphat:https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200206001300320?section=science/medicine

 

[Treyfish]

2020.02.06 08:20 [h=3]Four additional Korean pneumonia confirmed 15/16 family, 6 contacts, etc.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 4 additional confirmed patients in Wuhan Pneumonia (Swine Coronavirus Infection) as of 8 am...[/h]
The 20th confirmed patient was a 41-year-old Korean woman, a family of 15 patients. The inspection conducted during the self-containment confirmed positive on the previous day and was quarantined by the National Guard Capital Hospital.

The 21st confirmed patient was a 59-year-old Korean woman who was the contact of the sixth patient. As a result of the tests performed during the self-containment, the previous day was positive for Wuhan pneumonia. It is currently isolated from Seoul National University Hospital.

The 22nd...

::tiphat: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/02/06/2020020600617.html

 

[Treyfish]

...Korean patients who have been diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus infection) have repeatedly visited the hospital and have failed to quarantine and confirm early. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on the 5th that "4 out of 19 confirmed patients with Wuhan pneumonia, 4, 12, 16, and 17 confirmed the hospital, but did not meet the criteria for suspected pneumonia." . In particular, 16 patients who were confirmed on the 4th were asked to conduct genetic tests by the health authorities because they suspected Wuhan pneumonia at the hospital, but were rejected because they had not been to China. He stayed in a 21st-century hospital in Gwangju for eight days until his pneumonia worsened, contacting medical staff and 272 patients...

::tiphat: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/htm...020600074.html

 

[sharon sanders]

New outbreak of new coronavirus in Korea (as of February 6, 8:00)

• Created 2020-02-06
• Last Modified Date 2020-02-06
• Department of Central Defense Response Headquarters

New outbreak of new coronavirus in Korea (as of February 6, 8:00)

Additional confirmation of 4 patients (20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd)


□ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CEO Eun Eun-kyung) said that as of February 6, 20, 8:00 am, four additional patients were confirmed.




The 20th patient (41-year-old female, Korean) was a family of 15th confirmed patients and was found to be positive on February 5 and was confined to the National Guard Capital Hospital.




The 21st patient (59-year-old female, Korean) was contacted by the 6th confirmed patient and was found to be positive on February 5, and was quarantined at Seoul National University Hospital.





The 22nd patient (46-year-old male, Korean) was a family member of the 16th confirmed patient and was found to be positive on February 6 and was quarantined at Chosun University Hospital.




○ The 23rd patient (58 year old female, Chinese) entered the country for tourism purposes (January 23), and fever was confirmed by a public health center survey. I will do it.


Additional confirmed patients are currently undergoing epidemiological investigations and quarantine measures and will be released as soon as epidemiological information is confirmed.

https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a20501000000&bid=0015

 

[Commonground]

From Post #15, on 2/1:

The 15th case is a 43-year-old South Korean man who arrived back home from China on Jan. 20 and was under observation.

[h=1]South Korea on lookout for infected patients who do not show symptoms[/h]

• Authorities have called for a closer eye on asymptomatic patients after a woman tested positive for the virus after initially testing negative
• The country’s second patient to recover, a woman from Wuhan, called Korean medical personnel ‘heroes’ in a letter released to press

Published: 5:00pm, 6 Feb, 2020
South Korean health authorities have called for more attention to be paid to asymptomatic coronavirus patients after discovering that a 41-year-old Korean woman tested positive for the virus days after initially testing negative.

The woman is a relative of the country’s 15th case, a Korean man who had travelled to Wuhan last month and was confirmed to have the coronavirus on Sunday.

The woman was tested again for the virus after she began feeling unwell and tested positive for it, along with three other new patients, authorities said on Thursday. She was quarantined at home before she began to show symptoms...

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/heal...rus-south-korea-lookout-infected-patients-who

 

[Commonground]

[h=1]Coronavirus cases in South Korea and Malaysia linked to Singapore meeting spark WHO investigation[/h]

• A Malaysian and South Korean were infected after going to a conference in Singapore, which included guests from China and Wuhan
• The source of their infections has not been identified

Continued: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east...th-korea-confirms-two-new-cases-including-man

Another patient who attended this Business Meeting:
30th Case in Singapore:
Excerpt:

One of the patients is a 41-year-old citizen whom the Health Ministry said had no recent travel history to China. The second confirmed case is a 27-year-old man who attended a business meeting with people from Hubei and elsewhere in China. Others at the meeting, from South Korea and Malaysia, also tested positive for the virus.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-pl...ogs-deadliest-day-for-coronavirus-11580990006

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://cn.yna.co.kr/view/ACK20200209000300881?section=society/index

South Korea adds 1 new confirmed case of infection with new coronavirus, cumulative 25 cases
Society February 9, 2020 10:13

Seoul, Yonhap News Agency, February 9 South Korea ’s Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasure Headquarters said on the 9th that at 9 am on the same day, South Korea added one new case of New Coronavirus infection and reported a total of 25 confirmed cases.

The new confirmed case is a 73-year-old Korean female. Of the 25 confirmed cases, 2 were cured and discharged, and 23 were treated in isolation wards. (Finish)

 

[Commonground]

Press Release
Domestic outbreaks of new type of coronavirus infection (daily statistics, as of 16:30)

• Created 2020-02-09
• Last modified 2020-02-09
• Department of Central Defense Response Headquarters

1) 26th, 27th additional patient, 4th patient discharged
2) 26th patient (51-year-old male, Korean) visited the 25th patient's family, Guangdong Province, China (Nov. 19-Jan. 20) On February 9, the test was conducted to confirm the results and the
27th patient (37 year old woman, Chinese) visited the 25th patient's family in Guangdong Province, China. (November 19 ~ January 31, 20), February 9th, Seoul, South Korea conducted a test on February 9 to confirm the results and was isolated and treated at Gyeonggi Medical Center Anseong Hospital, a designated infectious disease management institution in Gyeonggi-do.

https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a20501000000&bid=0015

 

[Commonground]

Coronavirus Cases In S. Korea Rise To 272020-02-09 18:11
The number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections in South Korea has risen to 27.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said three additional cases have been confirmed today, including one involving a 73-year-old South Korean woman reported earlier in the day.

The other two are a51-year-old son and a 37-year-old daughter-in-law of the confirmed patient, who returned to Korea after staying in China's Guangdong province from November to late January.

Meanwhile, a 55-year-old male patient was released from hospital this morning, raising the total number of fully recovered cases to three.

Health authorities said all other patients under treatment are in stable condition

http://tbs.seoul.kr/eFm/newsView.do?...84274&seq_800=

 

[Treyfish]

[h=1]3 S. Koreans in China confirmed to be infected with new coronavirus: Seoul gov't[/h] Welfare/Medicine 11:50 February 10, 2020

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday that three of its nationals in mainland China have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

The three members of a family staying in China's northeastern province of Shandong have tested positive for the new strain of virus, according to the Seoul government.

It marks the first time for South Korean nationals staying in mainland China to be confirmed to be diagnosed with the virus infection that has taken more than 900 lives there...:tiphat:https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200210005500320?section=science/medicine

 

[Treyfish]

[h=1]1,100 soldiers quarantined over new coronavirus: defense ministry[/h] SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- About 1,100 soldiers are quarantined as part of efforts to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading into barracks, the defense ministry said Monday.

The quarantined soldiers, including 400 conscripts, have either visited China, Hong Kong or Macao in the past 14 days or had contact with people who traveled to those places, according to the ministry.

"No confirmed or suspected cases have been reported among our service personnel. We've been thoroughly implementing related preemptive measures," a ministry official said, citing such measures as banning soldiers' trips to China and modifying field trainings...:tiphat:https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200210004700325?section=science/medicine

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200211000088

Confirmed virus cases unchanged at 27, 1 more patient released from quarantine
By Yonhap
Published : Feb 11, 2020 - 09:11 Updated : Feb 11, 2020 - 09:15

South Korea said Monday it is working to contain the new coronavirus by blocking arrivals from overseas and enhancing quarantine efforts as the country's confirmed cases remains unchanged at 27.

The number of those tested for the coronavirus had reached 3,110 as of late Monday, with 2,552 testing negative, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The KCDC said 531 people are in quarantine and will be checked for the coronavirus.

The KCDC said the two latest confirmed patients of the novel coronavirus have not visited the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the global outbreak, or the surrounding Hubei Province.

The KCDC said the country's 26th and 27th cases -- a 51-year-old South Korean man and a 37-year-old Chinese woman, respectively -- stayed in China's Guangdong Province for three months before returning here on Jan. 31 via Macao...

 

[kiwibird]

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/e...d=20&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=5#cxrecs_s

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - South Korea's latest confirmed case of the coronavirus has raised alarm over the virus's incubation period and the country's quarantine measures.

The latest case, the 28th patient, is a 30-year old Chinese national who was confirmed on Tuesday (Feb 11). Authorities believe she is likely to have contracted the virus from the third patient.

The third patient is a 54-year old Korean male who arrived in Korea from Wuhan on Jan 20, and was confirmed and isolated on Jan 26. With the last contact between the two patients having occurred on Jan 25, the incubation period of the virus in the 28th patient would be 18 days or longer.

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200215000024

No new coronavirus infection reported for 4th straight day; cases
By Yonhap
Published : Feb 15, 2020 - 10:48 Updated : Feb 15, 2020 - 10:58

Korea on Saturday reported no additional novel coronavirus case for the fourth day in a row, with the total number of cases tallied remaining unchanged at 28, according to public health authorities.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said a total of seven patients have been released from hospitals after fully recovering from the COVID-19 virus...

The KCDC said 21 patients currently being treated for the virus at hospitals are in stable condition...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200216000031

S. Korea reports 1 more case of novel coronavirus, total now at 29
By Yonhap
Published : Feb 16, 2020 - 10:14 Updated : Feb 16, 2020 - 10:15

South Korea reported another confirmed case of the novel coronavirus for the first time in five days on Sunday, bringing the total here to 29.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the latest case involves an 82-year-old South Korean man who had no record of overseas travel. He tested positive for the virus after visiting Korea University Anam Hospital in Seoul...

 

[Treyfish]

[h=1]S. Korea Reports 30th Confirmed Case of COVID-19[/h]
Write: 2020-02-17 09:29:54/Update: 2020-02-17 09:38:18
South Korea reported another case of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, taking the total of confirmed cases in the country to 30.

According to Seoul National University Hospital on Monday, the latest patient is the wife of an 82-year-old South Korean man, the country's 29th case confirmed the previous day.

The woman reportedly teste..:tiphat:http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=151364

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2020/02-18/9095463.shtml

Korean media: Han decides to test for new crown virus in patients with unexplained pneumonia
February 18, 2020 11:28 Source: China News Network

Langzhong New Network, February 18th. According to a comprehensive Korean media report, on the 18th, South Korea ’s Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters reported that there was one new confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia in South Korea, with a total of 31 cases. Previously, after the 29th and 30th cases of newly diagnosed patients with neocoronary pneumonia in which the path of infection was unknown, the Korean health authority decided to take measures to completely prevent the virus from spreading in the local community. If patients are admitted to the hospital for unknown reasons for pneumonia, they can also be treated with neocoronavirus Detection.

According to reports, according to the latest news, the 31st confirmed patient in South Korea is a 61-year-old Korean woman who has no travel experience abroad, was diagnosed after being tested at a health station in Daegu, and is currently undergoing isolation treatment at designated national hospitals. South Korea's health and epidemic prevention department is investigating the patient's path of infection and contacts. In addition, so far, 10 of the 31 confirmed patients have been cured and discharged, and most of the remaining patients are in stable condition.

韩国 According to the Korean International Broadcasting Station, the 30th patient diagnosed on the 17th was the wife of the 29th patient. The couple had not visited the country and had no contact with other confirmed patients. Health authorities are tracing whether the 29th patient had contact with a person who had traveled abroad before symptoms appeared.

South Korean health authorities said that the current epidemiological investigation has not been concluded and it cannot be determined with certainty. This is the first case that has occurred outside the epidemic prevention area of ​​the epidemic prevention department.

According to reports, the South Korean government decided to completely stop the virus from spreading in the local society. In the future, if patients are admitted to hospital for pneumonia for unknown reasons, they can take relevant measures under the judgment of medical personnel. Even if they have no experience travelling abroad, they can also be tested for new crown virus. The government also considers listing new crown pneumonia as an ongoing surveillance target and strengthening management.