Thursday, 16/04/2020 14:39 (GMT+7)
The Heal Agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Busan city on April 14th confirmed the 124th case of COVID-19 in the city to be a Vietnamese student.
Health workers in RoK are working (Photo: Reuters)
A 20-year-old female Vietnamese student resides in Namgu, Busan. She entered RoK on April 6th at Incheon Airport, underwent a medical examination and got normal results. After that, she started showing symptoms of the disease. She was sampled and tested positive with SARS-CoV-2 on April 14th. This is also the 22nd "foreign" COVID-19 case in Busan.
The Busan Health Agency is investigating the epidemiological history in detail to find the source of the disease spreading to the patient, meanwhile isolating and testing people who have had close contact with her. There is currently no conclusion whether she contracted COVID-19 in Vietnam or in the RoK.
As of April 14th, of 124 patients in Busan, 103 were discharged from hospital, 3 have died. The treatment rate of Busan is 83%, higher than the national average of 71%.
From April 1st, the government of RoK has required all passengers entering the country to comply with the self-quarantine regulations. Those who violate or report false information can be imprisoned for on year, fined up to 10 million KRW or deported./.
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