Incheon Academy Instructor Contact 2nd and 3rd Infection Spread... Incheon City "False Statement Report"

11 People Including Students, Parents, and Private Tutors
False Statements About Occupation and Movement in Epidemiological Investigation

Incheon Mayor Park Nam-chun (right) and Incheon Superintendent of Education Do Seong-hoon are holding an emergency press conference on the 13th regarding the 'Incheon Academy COVID-19 Cluster Infection' originating from Itaewon clubs.
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The local community is on edge as secondary and tertiary infections caused by an instructor at a private academy in Incheon, who tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting a club in Itaewon, Seoul, continue to spread.

According to Incheon City on the 13th, after instructor A (25·patient No. 102) from a private academy in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, tested positive for COVID-19, 11 people including students, parents, and fellow instructors who had direct or indirect contact with him were subsequently confirmed positive.

The additional confirmed cases include one fellow instructor, seven students, one parent, one private tutor, and one acquaintance who had direct or indirect contact with A.

In Michuhol-gu, fellow instructor B (20, male), who worked at the same academy as A, and two high school students, C (16) and D (19), who were academy attendees, tested positive.

In Yeonsu-gu, three people, including twin siblings (13) receiving private tutoring from A and their mother (46), also tested positive and were transported to the hospital. Additionally, another private tutor D (34, female, Jung-gu) for the twins tested positive for COVID-19. In Jung-gu, three first-year female high school students attending the academy where A works were all confirmed positive.

Earlier, E (34), an acquaintance of A residing in Michuhol-gu, also tested positive on the 9th, bringing the total number of secondary and tertiary infections caused by A to 11.

As secondary and tertiary infections caused by academy instructor A spread, the local community remains tense. In particular, it was confirmed that two infected academy students attended services at two churches located in Michuhol-gu and Dong-gu on the 10th, raising concerns about further infections.

Incheon City has closed the academy and the two churches and is conducting diagnostic tests on about 100 academy students and 1,050 church members.

The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education is also conducting a full survey of over 5,500 academy instructors in the city and has requested academies to refrain from operating.

Meanwhile, during the initial investigation by quarantine authorities, A reportedly did not disclose that he was an academy instructor and claimed to be unemployed. However, doubting A’s statement, Incheon City confirmed through mobile phone location data (GPS) that he was employed as an instructor at a private academy in Michuhol-gu and was also providing private tutoring.

A is currently known to be a senior at a university. Incheon City plans to report A to the police under the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act for providing false statements about his occupation and movements during the epidemiological investigation and for concealing the fact that he was conducting academy lectures.

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