One COVID-19 Case Confirmed in Gumi... Kindergarten Teacher Who Visited Elim Church

On May 24, at a temporary screening clinic in downtown Gumi, citizens who had contact with confirmed cases are undergoing COVID-19 testing by quarantine authorities.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Gumi, Gyeongbuk, where the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is spreading from high school and university student brothers to churches and markets, a kindergarten teacher has tested positive.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 26th, a woman in her 20s, Ms. A, a family member of a member of Gumi Elim Church, tested positive for COVID-19. This woman, confirmed to be a teacher at Kinderhaba Kindergarten in Gupyeong-dong, is believed to have been infected after visiting the church 2 to 3 times recently with her mother in her 60s. The confirmed patient's mother tested negative.

The Gumi City Health Center is conducting a full investigation of 10 teachers and 120 students at the kindergarten where Ms. A works.

Thus, since a third-year student at Daegu Agricultural Meister High School tested positive on the 21st, a total of 9 people, including his older brother, have been confirmed infected within five days. Among them, 8 confirmed cases are related to Elim Church. The total cumulative confirmed cases in the Gumi area are 77.

Following the confirmation of the Daegu Agricultural Meister High School brothers, as confirmed cases among Elim Church members and merchants of Saemaeul Central Market, a representative traditional market in the region, continued, Gumi City set up a screening clinic at one corner of the market from the 23rd to the 25th and conducted diagnostic tests on 620 contacts.

A health official stated, "Most of the church members and merchants tested so far have received negative results, so the possibility of a large-scale spread is not high."

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