On the First Day of High School Attendance, Multiple Students Sent Home... 16 Students in Gyeongbuk Exceed 37.6°C

On the morning of the 20th, Lee Kang-deok, mayor of Pohang, Gyeongbuk, is seen distributing hand sanitizer to third-year high school students entering Yeongil High School main gate.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the first day of in-person classes, which had been postponed five times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 high school seniors in the Gyeongbuk region were sent home after being detected with high temperatures on the 20th.

According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education on the 20th, 16 students were measured with temperatures higher than normal during temperature checks at school gates: 11 in Pohang, 2 each in Gyeongju and Gumi, and 1 each in Chilgok, Cheongdo, and Yeongcheon.

At High School A in Nam-gu, Pohang, seven students with elevated temperatures waited in an isolation area before going home with their parents who were contacted by the school. Among them, four students were tested at the Pohang Public Health Center screening clinic in the morning.

A school official stated, "The students sent home had temperatures higher than 37.6 degrees Celsius, the threshold set by health authorities," adding, "Students with fevers are planned to rest at home for 2 to 3 days and undergo diagnostic testing."

A Pohang city official explained, "Body temperature can temporarily rise if students run or walk quickly during the commute," and added, "Having a fever does not immediately mean going to the screening clinic; additional measurements are taken, and if abnormalities persist, students are then directed to the screening clinic."

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