Two Elementary and Middle School Students Confirmed with COVID-19 in Daejeon...Affected Schools Switch to Remote Classes
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] New coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have been confirmed among elementary and middle school students in Daejeon.
According to Daejeon City on the 29th, a 3rd-year student at Chungnam Middle School and a 5th-grade student at Daejeon Cheondong Elementary School tested positive. They are the children of the 113th confirmed case in Daejeon (a woman in her 40s). This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Daejeon to 115.
The 114th confirmed case, a middle school student, showed mild fever symptoms. Since the 22nd, the school has been conducting remote classes, so there were no contacts within the school.
The 115th confirmed case, an elementary school student, began coughing on the 25th and attended school from the 22nd to the 24th. The quarantine authorities have started disinfecting Chungnam Middle School and Cheondong Elementary School, and both schools have switched to remote classes. Additionally, all 5th-grade students at Cheondong Elementary School are being tested for COVID-19, and classmates of the confirmed case have been placed under self-quarantine.
The 114th and 115th confirmed cases attended two and four academies respectively; these academies will be closed for two weeks, and all students will undergo testing.
The mother of these two students is the director of a daycare center located in Daeseong-dong, Dong-gu. The quarantine authorities are conducting full testing of 19 children and 5 staff members at the daycare. Furthermore, all 1,203 daycare centers in the city will be closed from the 30th until the 5th of next month.
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The confirmed mother attended a worship service on the morning of the 21st at Panam Presbyterian Church with about 80 people, including the 105th confirmed case (a man in his 30s from Dong-gu). She began showing symptoms of cough, fever, and sore throat from the 25th. The quarantine authorities are testing all worshippers who attended the service on the 21st, and the church has been ordered to prohibit gatherings until the 12th of next month.
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