Incheon Hyoseong Elementary School with Student COVID-19 Cases Suspends Attendance Until the 26th

An elementary school closed after a student tested positive for COVID-19.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon Hyoseong Elementary School (Gyeyang-gu, Incheon), where a student was confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), will suspend in-person classes and switch to remote learning until the 26th of this month.

On the morning of the 14th, the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education announced that after being notified of the student's positive case by health authorities, it decided this in consultation with the school and the Education Support Office.

The Office of Education dispatched a one-stop response team and a school stabilization support TF team to Incheon Hyoseong Elementary School and sent text messages to parents informing them of the confirmed case.

The quarantine authorities closed the school and set up a walk-through screening clinic on the playground, conducting tests on enrolled students and others starting from noon that day.

The testing targets include about 180 people, consisting of approximately 120 students who attended school or used the care classroom on the 12th, and 57 staff members. Test results are expected late in the afternoon or early morning on the 15th.

An official from the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education stated, "For now, Hyoseong Elementary will conduct remote classes until the 26th, and based on the test results, a decision will be made whether to resume in-person classes from the 29th."

According to Incheon City, a 4th-grade student A (age 10) living in Gyeyang-gu at Incheon Hyoseong Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 in the test conducted that day.

Student A developed a fever up to 37.8 degrees Celsius and showed coughing symptoms on the 12th, and was tested at a screening clinic in a hospital in Gyeyang-gu the following day. After being confirmed positive, he was transferred to Inha University Hospital.

However, the infection route of student A has not been clearly identified, and health authorities are conducting additional epidemiological investigations. It is known that A's mother previously worked at the Coupang logistics center in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, but recently tested negative and was released from self-quarantine.

From the 10th to the 12th, student A visited the Cheongun Community Child Center and study room in Hyoseong 1-dong, Gyeyang-gu for three days, and stayed at home after 6 p.m. daily. On the weekend prior, he also visited a hospital and pharmacy in Jakjeon 2-dong, Gyeyang-gu.

The quarantine authorities disinfected the area around A's residence and placed his parents and younger sister, three family members in total, under self-quarantine again while conducting specimen tests.

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