Last Month, a 'Chinese School Trip Group' Visited Daegu... Is It Related to the Shincheonji Cluster Infection?
[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak spreads, attention is focusing on the movements of a Chinese school trip group that visited Daegu in mid-last month.
According to Daegu City, to celebrate the 2020 Daegu·Gyeongbuk Tourism Year, about 400 elementary and middle school students from Henan Province, China, were hosted for a 2-night, 3-day trip from the 14th to the 16th of last month. Similarly, from the 18th to the 20th of the same month, about 600 elementary and middle school students from Jiangsu and Henan Provinces visited Daegu.
During their stay in Daegu, they toured the Citizen Safety Theme Park, Bangjja Yugi Museum, E-World, Dongseong-ro, Keimyung University, and participated in a chicken-making experience.
On the 16th and 20th of last month, it is also known that they held a Korea-China youth cultural and artistic exchange event with Daegu elementary and middle school students at the Hwaseul Art Center's Palgong Hall.
About a month after the school trip group visited, on the 18th, the first COVID-19 confirmed case in the Yeongnam region was reported in Daegu, and as of now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Daegu is 84.
Accordingly, some have raised concerns that the occurrence of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Daegu might be related to the Chinese school trip group.
However, considering that the incubation period of the coronavirus is 14 days, there is also an opinion that the timing of the school trip group's visit and the confirmed cases do not coincide.
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According to Yonhap News, a Daegu city official confirmed with the local travel agency that among the approximately 1,000 school trip participants, there were no COVID-19 confirmed cases, and it is currently judged that the situation is unrelated. It was also stated that since their activities were mainly indoors, the possibility of infection among the general public is low, and there are no confirmed cases among Daegu youth either.
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