The photo shows the testing being conducted at the screening clinic in front of the Seongyo Center in Sangju City on May 19, following the consecutive occurrence of COVID-19 confirmed cases among university and high school student siblings in the Gumi area.

The photo shows the testing being conducted at the screening clinic in front of the Seongyo Center in Sangju City on May 19, following the consecutive occurrence of COVID-19 confirmed cases among university and high school student siblings in the Gumi area.

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] It has been confirmed that the father of the university and high school student brothers in Gumi-si, Gyeongbuk, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the 19th of last month, has also been infected.


According to Gumi-si on the 5th, Mr. A, a man in his 50s, had been self-quarantining until he underwent a COVID-19 test at the Gumi Public Health Center on that day and tested positive. Mr. A was transferred to Andong Medical Center.


Mr. A's second son, a third-year high school student, tested positive for COVID-19 the day after entering the dormitory of Daegu Agricultural Meister High School on May 19. The university student brother was confirmed infected three days later.



On the 5th in Gyeongbuk, a female teacher in her 20s from Gyeongbuk Food Meister High School in Yeongcheon-si, residing in Gyeongsan, also tested positive. As of the evening of the 5th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Gyeongbuk area stands at 1,341.


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