Reporter Lee Han-hyung
–The first person infected with the COVID-19 mutant virus came out in Gyeongbuk.
According to North Gyeongsang Province on the 1st, A, a woman in her 30s, who arrived at Incheon Airport from Dubai on the 12th of last month, was tested at the Gumi Health Center and was positive on the 14th.
On the 27th of the same month, Mr. A received a notification that he had been infected with a mutant virus from South Africa.
The South African mutant virus is known to be more contagious than the existing Corona 19 virus.
The quarantine authorities are also analyzing whether A’s mother B has infected the mutant virus.
Mr. B stopped by a hospital for an endoscopy and was diagnosed with Corona 19.
Genotyping results for mutant virus infection will be available soon.
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