9 Students at Acting Academy Confirmed with 'COVID-19'... Daegu Faces Double-Digit 'Emergency' for First Time in 3 Months

14 Additional Infections Reported in Daegu on the 2nd

Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education staff inspecting the meal service site at Oseong Middle School in Suseong District on June 30.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Nine students attending the Mog Academy Acting School in Jung-gu, who were in the same academy as a confirmed COVID-19 case, a third-year student at Kyungmyeong Girls' High School in Buk-gu, Daegu, tested positive.

It was confirmed on the 3rd that a total of 10 people, including one other contact, tested positive for COVID-19 related to the high school girl who was confirmed positive the previous day. Additionally, three new cases were confirmed as imported cases from overseas, making a total of 14 confirmed cases on the 2nd.

According to Daegu City on the 3rd, as of 7 a.m. that day, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Daegu increased by 14 compared to midnight on the 2nd, reaching 6,924.

On the 2nd, after conducting specimen tests on all six instructors and 28 students at the academy, 10 tested positive. The academy was immediately closed.

The three schools where the students attend completed disinfection work and switched to remote classes on the 3rd. In addition, a screening clinic was set up on campus to conduct specimen tests on 1,301 individuals who may have been exposed to the infection source. Separately from the acting academy, specimen tests are being conducted on 62 people around a student who tested positive after showing symptoms post-attendance.

Also, three people who returned from the United States were confirmed positive at the Dongdaegu Station walk-through testing site on the 1st and were admitted to Daegu Dongsan Hospital on the 2nd.

Among the 7,638 academies registered in Daegu, 90 academies, including those for acting, dance, and vocal lessons, where compliance with quarantine rules is relatively weak due to the nature of the classes, have been subject to administrative restrictions on gatherings. Daegu City explained that if academies must operate, compliance with quarantine rules will be checked, and administrative measures to prohibit gatherings will be taken if violations occur.

The Daegu Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters stated in a press release on the day, "We deeply regret that Daegu, which had maintained single-digit new confirmed cases since April 8 despite concerns about the resurgence of infectious diseases, has again seen an increase to double digits. We will do our best to quickly block the infection chain centered on academies and restore a stable trend in the shortest possible time."

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