감천항 러 선박서 19명 확진…한달새 39명<br /><br />With the rising number of COVID-19 infections worldwide,... the number of imported cases here in South Korea has been on the rise, as well.<br />On Thursday... 19 crewmen on a Russian ship docked in the southeastern port city of Busan tested positive for the virus,... raising concerns over a potential new cluster in the southeastern city.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />While South Korea has been able to slow down new local infections of COVID-19,... imported cases remain on a concerning incline.<br />"As the spread of infections continue globally, we're seeing more than 230-thousand COVID-19 infections a day, and that's the highest so far."<br />Due to the rising number of infections worldwide,... there has been an uptick in the number of imported cases in South Korea.<br />This include a number of new cases in the southeastern port city of Busan.<br />Health authorities are keeping close tabs on a Russia-flagged vessel that reported 17 infected crewmen,... as well as two other Russians on two separate ships.<br />All 19 have been moved to a local hospital for treatment.<br />Over the past month,... 39 crewmen have been infected,... with health authorities now conducting tests on all crewmembers on the Russian ships that would've had a lot of contact with local workers.<br />Russia currently has the fourth most COVID-19 cases in the world at over 752-thousand.<br />With nearly half of all foreign ships docking in Busan coming from Russia,... it's fueling concerns about further imported cases.<br />South Korea has been conducting onboard quarantine checks of foreign ships arriving from high-risk nations after assessing the degree of risk.<br />However, for Russian ships,... health authorities say they will conduct tests on all crewmembers.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
