(Breaking) 52nd Confirmed COVID-19 Case in Suwon...Visitor to Itaewon Club and Workplace Colleague

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] A Suwon resident who had contact with a visitor to an Itaewon club has been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19.

Suwon City announced on the 11th through COVID-19 Suwon Response Report #342 that a woman in her 20s residing at Dongshin Apartment in Cheongmyeong Village, Youngtong 1-dong, Youngtong-gu has been confirmed as a patient.

The confirmed patient is a workplace colleague of Seoul Jungnang-gu Confirmed Patient-17, who visited an Itaewon club on May 2nd. She developed fever and body aches on May 7th, and on May 10th experienced runny nose and sore throat.

On May 10th, she visited the Youngtong-gu Health Center screening clinic on foot, underwent testing, and received a positive diagnosis the following day, after which she was isolated and admitted to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital.

'Suwon Confirmed Patient-52' (Residing in Youngtong 1-dong)

"COVID-19. Suwon City Response Report #342"

○ 'Suwon Confirmed Patient-52' Basic Information

- 20s, Female, Korean, Residing at Dongshin Apartment in Cheongmyeong Village, Youngtong 1-dong (Youngtong-dong), Youngtong-gu

- Symptom Onset: Fever, body aches (5.7.), Fever, runny nose, sore throat (5.10.)

- Estimated Transmission Route: Workplace colleague of Seoul 'Jungnang-gu Confirmed Patient-17' (visited Itaewon club on 5.2.)

○ Basic Movement Information

(May 10th, Sunday)

- 11:05 Visited 'Youngtong-gu Health Center Screening Clinic' on foot, underwent specimen collection and diagnostic testing

(May 11th, Monday)

- 07:40 Positive diagnosis from 'Green Cross Medical Foundation'

- 11:30 Isolated admission to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital

※ Detailed movement information of the confirmed patient will be provided promptly upon completion of epidemiological investigation.

※ Anyone—the confirmed patient, contacts, visitors to relevant locations, and their associates—can become a victim of infectious disease. We ask for your compassion and understanding.