The updates(Feb. 9th) on novel Coronavirus in Korea

○ As of 9 February, 2020, there have been 2,340 suspected cases reported, 25 of which were confirmed, 1,355 turned out to be negative, and 960 currently being tested. The contacts of the confirmed cases are 1,698 in total.

(since 3 January, 2020)

○ KCDC released the results of epidemiological investigation on 25th and 4th confirmed cases.

○ The 25th case, a 73-year-old Korean female, developed fever, cough, sore throat on 6 February. She went a local screening center(triage clinic center of 2019-nCoV) and tested positive and isolated at national designated hospital.

- Even though she has no travel history to China, she has been staying with her family(son, daughter-in-law) who returned from Guangdong province in China on 31 January. As her daughter-in-law developed cough on 4 February, she are currently in isolation and epidemiological investigation is underway.

○ The 4th case, 1 55-year-old Korean male, tested negative twice after the improvement of symptoms, and he discharged from hospital today. The case returned from Wuhan, China on 20 January. After confirmed on 27 January, he has been treated for pneumonia.