Seoul National University Graduate Student Tests Positive for COVID-19... Infection Route Under Investigation

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A graduate student at Seoul National University tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), leading to the closure of part of the dormitory.

According to Seoul National University on the 28th, graduate student A from the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology was confirmed positive for COVID-19 while staying at their family home in Daejeon that morning.

A, who had been working from home at a rented room in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province since the 22nd, took the school shuttle bus on the 25th to move to dormitory building 904 on Seoul National University's Gwanak Campus and stayed there for about three hours.

At that time, A used their dormitory room and the laundry room, and it was confirmed that there was no contact with other individuals.

The next day, on the 26th, A moved to and stayed at their family home in Daejeon, where they tested positive that morning.

However, since a clear epidemiological investigation result has not yet been released, the exact route of infection has not been identified. It was confirmed that a colleague working in the same laboratory as the confirmed case met their parents who had been living in Daegu for two days, and the possibility of infection is being investigated. This colleague, currently under self-quarantine, is reported to be asymptomatic so far.

Meanwhile, Seoul National University has closed some floors of dormitory building 1 and instructed residents to self-quarantine.

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