'Public Enterprise Exam Site Also Breached' Jugeumgong Reports Confirmed Case at Written Exam Venue (Comprehensive)

Jugeumgong Reports Confirmed COVID-19 Case Among Test Takers on 15th
"Went to School..." Parents Worry About COVID-19 at School Visited by Confirmed Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] A confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) occurred at the written exam site for new employee recruitment at the Korea Housing Finance Corporation.

On the 21st, a Korea Housing Finance Corporation official stated, "We received a notification from Yeongdeungpo-gu yesterday that one of the candidates who took the written exam on the 15th tested positive. The candidate took the written exam in Room 21 of Yeouido Middle School in Yeongdeungpo on the 15th and was confirmed positive on the 19th."

He added, "After receiving this information from Yeongdeungpo-gu, we sent text messages to the candidates in that exam room asking them to report to Yeongdeungpo Public Health Center or the corporation if they experience fever or respiratory symptoms."

The health authorities are monitoring 10 candidates who took the exam in the same room as the confirmed case.

Since the school where the confirmed case visited has already started the new semester, parents are anxious. Parents of Yeouido Middle School students are uneasy because some students began attending school this week, and they do not know whether the Korea Housing Finance Corporation thoroughly conducted disinfection and sanitation after the written exam.

Parents are outraged that the school, which is about to start the semester amid the severe COVID-19 situation, provided the venue to a public corporation for the exam. Given that some students do not wear masks inside classrooms due to the hot weather, there are concerns that lending schools as exam sites to public corporations for written exams could put students at risk.

Meanwhile, with a confirmed case emerging during the new recruitment process, the Korea Housing Finance Corporation, which planned to hire 60 people and completed document screening on the 16th of last month and the written exam on the 15th of this month, is now deliberating ahead of the first interview scheduled for the 1st to 3rd of next month.

If the COVID-19 situation worsens, they are considering rescheduling and switching to non-face-to-face interviews. A Korea Housing Finance Corporation official said, "We will decide the timing of the interviews considering the COVID-19 spread trend and government guidelines. We are also reviewing the introduction of video interviews in case face-to-face interviews are difficult."

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