Andong City, COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing by High School ... Focus on Symptomatic 3rd-Year Students

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] Andong City in Gyeongbuk announced on the 25th that it will conduct 'visiting COVID-19 diagnostic testing' for high school seniors.

This test is a measure to alleviate the inconvenience of high school seniors visiting screening clinics and to consider the characteristics of the school environment. The city organized 7 specimen collection teams with 35 members and started COVID-19 diagnostic testing for symptomatic high school seniors among 13 schools in the region from that day.

Considering that most students of Pungsan High School (110 students) and Korea Life Science High School (200 students), which recruit students nationwide, live in dormitories, the city views the risk of transmission as high and plans to proactively conduct mass testing of dormitory residents.

At Pungsan High School, where testing is conducted first with prior consent from guardians, students who undergo diagnostic testing will be isolated in single rooms and attend online classes until their test results are available.

Earlier, through a cooperative system with the Andong Office of Education, the city tested 33 students with suspected COVID-19 symptoms such as fever and sore throat over three days starting from the first day of in-person classes on the 20th. All of them tested negative.

Mayor Kwon Young-se of Andong said, "Due to the nature of schools, it is not easy to control even if one person contracts COVID-19," and urged, "Students with suspected symptoms should not hesitate and actively undergo diagnostic testing."

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