Two Elementary Students in Daejeon Infected at School...Nation's First Case

As of 10 PM on the 30th of last month, four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Daejeon. Among them were two elementary school students infected through contact with an existing confirmed case (an elementary student). Provided by Daejeon City

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Two elementary school students in Daejeon were infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through transmission within the school. This is the first nationwide case of infection contracted through contact with a confirmed case at school.

According to Daejeon City on the 1st, as of 10 PM the previous day, four new confirmed cases (#118?121) were reported in Daejeon.

Among them, confirmed cases #120 and #121 are fifth-grade students at an elementary school located in Dong-gu, Daejeon, and are presumed to have been infected with COVID-19 through contact with an existing confirmed case (#115) in the same grade.

Confirmed case #115 attended school from the 22nd to the 24th of last month, during which #120 was in the same class, and #121 had contact in the same gymnasium, respectively.

Currently, the city and quarantine authorities are keeping open the possibility of an increase in confirmed cases within the school. This is because testing is still underway for 159 contacts, including 25 students who were in the same class as #115 and 51 who exercised together in the gymnasium.

Previously, confirmed case #115 was diagnosed positive on the evening of the 29th of last month along with his older brother, a third-year middle school student (#114). The brothers are presumed to have been infected through their mother (#113), who was diagnosed earlier.

Accordingly, the city and quarantine authorities disinfected the school recently attended by the confirmed brothers and requested the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education to take measures to switch the school from in-person classes to remote learning.

Additionally, all students in the same grade as #115 were tested, and all students were placed under self-quarantine.

Meanwhile, the mother of the confirmed brothers, #113, is the director of a daycare center located in Daeseong-dong, Dong-gu, and was identified to have attended a worship service at Panam Presbyterian Church on the 21st of last month with about 80 congregants, including confirmed case #105.

In relation to this, the city issued administrative orders prohibiting gatherings at 91 academies and private institutes and 16 martial arts gyms in the Hyodong, Cheondong, and Gao-dong areas of Dong-gu as of the previous day. The administrative orders will remain in effect until the 5th of next month, during the period of intensified social distancing.

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