[Photo] Roh Hyun-song, Gangseo District Mayor, Orders Special Measures for Art Academies Regarding COVID-19

Seoul Gangseo-gu, Fully Committed to Blocking Community Infection

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] On the 26th at 10 a.m., Noh Hyun-song, the district mayor, held an emergency COVID-19 countermeasure meeting related to art academies in the district mayor's office, attended by the deputy mayor, directors, and relevant department heads, and instructed a full-scale response to prevent infections in the area.

On this day, he received a comprehensive report on the COVID-19 situation related to art academies from Oh Young-wook, director of the Gangseo-gu Public Health Center.

After receiving the report, Mayor Noh emphasized that it is most important to promptly test all students who attended classes or visited the Magok Rembrandt Art Academy from the COVID-19 confirmed instructor (Yeongdeungpo-gu case number 31), as well as fellow instructors, kindergarten students infected by the confirmed instructor, attending kindergarten children, and teachers who may have had contact, to block further spread in the community.

He also stressed that to prevent community transmission, thorough management of contacts is essential, and even if test results come back negative, careful monitoring should continue for the time being.

Furthermore, due to increased anxiety among local residents caused by this COVID-19 case, he reiterated the need to promptly provide all information and mobilize all administrative resources to prevent further spread in the community.

The district is conducting COVID-19 tests related to the art academy and kindergarten, and as of the 25th, 298 out of a total of 308 people have been tested.

Among those tested, 83 are related to the art academy (out of 85 targeted), and 215 are related to Yale Kindergarten (out of 223 targeted).

The two art academy students and eight kindergarten students who had not been tested by yesterday completed their tests on the 26th, with results expected on the 27th.

Among the 298 people tested by the 25th, one kindergarten student tested positive (Gangseo-gu case number 33), and 297 tested negative.

Additionally, the parents of the positive kindergarten student have also been tested, with results coming back negative.

In particular, the district is monitoring 115 people classified as close contacts and under self-quarantine twice daily for symptoms.

The self-quarantined individuals include 38 related to the art academy (35 students, 3 fellow instructors) and 77 related to the kindergarten (73 children, 4 teachers).

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