Daejeon Dong-gu Area with COVID-19 Cases in Elementary and Middle Schools, 107 Places Including Academies Ordered to 'Gathering Ban'

On the 30th, Heo Tae-jeong, Mayor of Daejeon, issued an administrative order prohibiting gatherings at academies and other facilities in the Dong-gu area of Daejeon at the city hall briefing room. Provided by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City has issued an administrative order banning gatherings at academies and private tutoring centers located in Dong-gu, where confirmed COVID-19 cases among elementary and middle school students have been reported.

On the 30th, Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong announced in a briefing, “We are issuing an administrative order banning gatherings at 91 academies and private tutoring centers and 16 sports training centers in the Hyo-dong, Cheon-dong, and Gao-dong areas of Dong-gu.” The administrative order will remain in effect until the 5th of next month, during the period of intensified social distancing.

Mayor Heo stated, “There has been an increasing number of cases where direct children of confirmed patients are getting infected in the region,” adding, “The city takes this situation seriously and has inevitably issued the administrative order banning gatherings at academies and similar facilities.”

In particular, Mayor Heo mentioned, “The gathering ban may be extended further after conducting a thorough investigation of academy students who attended classes with the confirmed patients.”

He also urged, “To avoid missing the golden time to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, we ask operators and users of academies, private tutoring centers, and indoor sports facilities throughout Daejeon, even if they are not subject to the gathering ban, to participate in intensified social distancing.” He emphasized, “Above all, parents are repeatedly urged to refrain from sending their children to academies as much as possible until the 5th of next month for the safety of the students.”

Meanwhile, the day before, in Daejeon, a mother (#113) of confirmed patients transmitted the virus to her children, a 5th-grade elementary school student (#114) and a 3rd-grade middle school student (#115), who were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

In particular, the city confirmed that the mother of the confirmed students is the director of a daycare center located in Daeseong-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon. Consequently, all 1,203 daycare centers in the Daejeon area were ordered to close the day before, and 19 children and 5 staff members at the daycare center were tested.

Additionally, the city disinfected the school attended by the confirmed siblings and requested the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education to switch the school to remote learning. At the same time, all students attending the same school as the confirmed patients were tested, and contacts were placed under self-quarantine.

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