All 44 Individuals Including Kindergarten Students in Contact with Reconfirmed Kindergarten Teacher in Gangnam-gu Test Negative

Among 45 Recovered Patients in Gangnam-gu, 4 Reinfected... Jeong Soon-gyun, Gangnam-gu Mayor, "Retesting All Recovered Patients to Block Community Infection"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jung Soon-gyun) announced on the 14th that all 44 individuals under self-quarantine?comprising 25 kindergarten students, 10 staff members, and 9 elementary school teachers?who had contact with a teacher at Daewang Elementary School's affiliated kindergarten, confirmed positive again for COVID-19, tested negative.

The confirmed case, who initially tested positive on March 12, was discharged on the 12th of last month and underwent two weeks of self-quarantine before returning to work on the 27th of the same month.

During this period, the individual underwent two additional specimen tests, all of which returned negative results; however, a specimen test conducted by the Gangnam-gu Public Health Center on the 12th resulted in a re-confirmed positive diagnosis on the morning of the 13th.

Gangnam-gu immediately isolated the confirmed case, disinfected the affected kindergarten, and placed 45 individuals, including the contacted kindergarten students, under self-quarantine.

One kindergarten student who was unable to undergo specimen testing the previous day is scheduled to be tested on the 14th.

Under the principle that "early diagnosis is the best quarantine," Gangnam-gu has proactively conducted tests regardless of symptom presence to prevent "silent transmission," which spreads infection asymptomatically, surpassing 17,000 tests among residents and non-residents as of the 13th.

Jung Soon-gyun, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, stated, "Among the 69 confirmed cases in Gangnam-gu, 45 have been discharged so far, but 4 of them have been re-confirmed positive," adding, "To block community transmission, we plan to retest all 41 remaining recovered patients," and urged, "Please continue to observe social distancing of 2 meters, wear masks, and wash hands regularly."

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