Chinanews.com, March 10th. According to a Korean media report, the largest collective infection of new crown pneumonia in Seoul occurred in the call center on the 11th floor of an office building in Shindaim-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The number of confirmed cases has increased to 64.
The mayor of Seoul, Park Won-sun, said on the afternoon of the 10th local time that 64 people have been diagnosed with the new crown pneumonia group infection in a call center in Guro district.
He said that in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, this was the biggest infection. (Regions) should go beyond administrative jurisdiction and carry out all-round cooperation.
The district chief of Guro District said that in addition to the call center staff, the staff on other floors in the office building where the call center is located, as well as those who enter and exit the building, should be tested.
He also worried that among the 207 staff at the call center, many are still not being tested, and only half of the people who have been tested have achieved results. It is expected that the number of confirmed diagnoses will increase in the future.
According to reports, on the 8th, a 56-year-old female employee of the call center was diagnosed, becoming the first confirmed case.
On the evening of the 9th local time in Guro District, disinfection and epidemic prevention work was carried out on the entire building, and an order was closed to close all offices on the 1st to 12th floors.