신종 코로나 바이러스 국내상황 South Korea confirmed two more coronavirus cases this morning.
With more on this, our Kim Bo-kyoung is on the line for us.
Bo-kyoung, the total is slowly ticking up...
Jiyoon, Central Accident Prevention Division says two more patients have been confirmed to have the virus, bringing the total number of patients in South Korea to 18.
The seventeenth confirmed case is a 38-year-old Korean man who visited Singapore from January 18th to 24th to participate in a conference.
After the conference was over,... the patient became aware that there was a confirmed coronavirus patient among the conference participants.
He visited a designated hospital on Tuesday and tested positive.
The 18th case is a 21-year-old Korean woman who is the 16th patient's daughter.
The 16th patient, a 42-year-old Korean woman who returned to the country on January 19th from Thailand was confirmed to have the coronavirus on Tuesday.
The patient is known to have visited Bangkok and Pattaya during her trip,... and is quarantined in Chonnam National University Hospital in Gwangju.
Currently,... patients who were on the third floor where the 16th patient visited frequently,... have been moved to another floor and have been quarantined.
Meanwhile,... as the condition of the first patient has improved, the Incheon medical hospital,... where the patient is in quarantine,... plans to run tests to decide whether it is safe to discharge the patient.
According to the center,... it will run two tests over two days, with a 24 hours interval between them.
If both tests are negative, the 35-year-old Chinese woman could be discharged.
The second confirmed patient has tested negative twice and the National Medical Center has decided to remove the patient from quarantine,... and is reportedly figuring out a date for him to leave the hospital.
Back to you, Jiyoon.
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