Two More Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Among Busan High School Students... Total School Cases Rise to 6

Two Busan Gyeonggong High School Students Developed Fever Symptoms During Homeroom Monitoring on the 17th...

Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye and Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo are entering the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 16th to hold a regular briefing on COVID-19 response. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 17th that students A (male, 2nd grade) and B (male, 2nd grade) at Busan Mechanical Technical High School in Haeundae-gu were additionally confirmed as COVID-19 positive cases.

Students A and B tested negative in the first round of COVID-19 mass testing on the 12th, but during self-quarantine, they showed fever symptoms during the daily self-diagnosis student monitoring conducted by their homeroom teacher, and after undergoing diagnostic testing, they were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

Student A was confirmed to have attended the 'Empathy Technology Camp,' a creative technology class held on the 11th in the school's Creativity Hall and classrooms, together with Busan case number 189, the school's first confirmed case.

Student B was found to have exercised together with Busan case number 189 in the school's fitness room on the 11th.

These students wore masks at all times while self-quarantining at home and were found not to have attended any private academies.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education urged students at Busan Mechanical Technical High School who are under self-quarantine (notified for self-quarantine) to strictly follow quarantine rules such as wearing masks and to thoroughly conduct the daily self-diagnosis check once a day.

The Office of Education plans to independently track the movements of these students in preparation for any situation and will promptly take follow-up measures according to the epidemiological investigation results from the quarantine authorities.

From the perspective of preventing the spread of COVID-19, the Office of Education conducted COVID-19 tests on 104 students and staff who had contact with the first confirmed case (Busan case number 204) at Busanjin Girls' High School on the 15th, and all tested negative.

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