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The 54-year-old female patient died tonight at Cheongdo Hospital, hours after being confirmed positive for nCoV.
The woman was treated in the same hospital as a 63-year-old man with nCoV who died on February 20. As of February 21, South Korea recorded 204 positive cases with nCoV and 2 deaths, but some cases were not included in the statistics. Cheongdo City detected 17 people infected with nCOV, including 5 health workers.
Protective workers move a patient with suspected corona virus infection (lying on a stretcher) from Daenam Hospital to another hospital in Cheongdo City on February 21 Photo: AFP
The number of confirmed nCoV infections in Daegu City and neighboring North Gyeongsang Province was 153, of which 128 cases were related to the Shincheonji church. A 61-year-old woman, known as the "31st Patient," was hospitalized on February 8 from a traffic accident but twice refused to test for nCoV. She went to church four times and was confirmed positive for nCoV on February 18.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDC) said it is investigating the cause of a large-scale epidemic in Daegu, including the possibility of a member of the cult coming to the Covid-19 epidemic center in Hubei, China.
South Korean officials listed Daegu as a special manager, all kindergartens in the 2.5 million-people city were closed, schools considering deferring the second semester scheduled to begin in March. Mayor of Daegu Kwon Young-jin said the city was in an "unprecedented crisis", urging people to wear masks and asking the central government for emergency assistance.
The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended on January 21 that Vietnamese citizens should not go to an area where Covid-19 is affected or may be affected by the epidemic. Vietnamese citizens present in Korea are recommended to regularly monitor and follow the instructions of the local authorities to prevent outbreaks.
The Covid-19 epidemic broke out in Wuhan from December 2019 and spread to 31 Chinese provinces. As of February 21, 30 countries and territories had outbreaks with more than 76,000 nCoV infections, 2,250 deaths including 2,239 cases in China, 4 cases in Iran, 3 cases in Japan, 2 cases. in Korea, 1 case in France and 1 case in the Philippines.
