Two More Confirmed Cases from Incheon Academy Instructors... High School Seniors Infected at Karaoke (Update)

The private academy located in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, where a tutor diagnosed with COVID-19 worked. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Two high school seniors in Incheon have been newly confirmed positive for COVID-19 in connection with a private academy instructor.

Incheon City announced on the 20th that two 18-year-old high school seniors, including A from Yonghyeon-dong, Michuhol-gu, who visited a karaoke room on the 2nd floor of the Vision Plaza building on the 6th, tested positive for COVID-19.

This karaoke room was previously visited on the 6th by a student (high school senior, Incheon case number 119) of private academy instructor B (25 years old, Incheon case number 102), who had visited the Itaewon clubs, and the student’s friend (Incheon case number 122).

A and his friends, who live in Michuhol-gu and attend the same school, received COVID-19 testing at a public health center on the 19th after receiving a notification message sent by Incheon City, and were confirmed positive on the same day.

With this, the number of confirmed cases among visitors to the karaoke room has increased to seven. Including confirmed cases from the PC room on the 12th floor of the same building, a total of eight confirmed cases have occurred in this building.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters suggested that the infection may have spread through the elevator in this building, which houses multiple businesses, and recommended that those who visited the building on the 6th get tested at their local public health center.

Private academy instructor B, who tested positive after visiting Itaewon clubs from the 1st to the 3rd, was reported to Incheon City for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act after hiding his occupation and providing false statements about his movements during the initial epidemiological investigation by health authorities.

The total number of COVID-19 cases related to B has increased to 27 (including one resident of Yongin City).

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