Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop and Superintendent Jang Hwi-guk Test Negative for COVID-19, Bringing Relief

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Due to contact with a COVID-19 confirmed case by their executive secretary, Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop, Gwangju City Council Chairman Kim Yong-jip, and Gwangju Superintendent of Education Jang Hwi-guk, who underwent testing on the 22nd, received negative test results around 2 p.m. that day, bringing relief.

The mayor and others attended the opening ceremony of the Kim Dae-jung Democratic Human Rights Peace Forum and the 11th anniversary memorial service for former President Kim Dae-jung held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju on the 17th and 18th. It was later confirmed that the secretary who accompanied them had contact with a center employee who tested positive on the 21st, prompting them to get tested. The confirmed case is currently in isolation.

Accordingly, the mayor did not attend the ‘Public-Private Joint Countermeasure Committee and COVID-19 Briefing’ scheduled to be held at City Hall that morning.

A Gwangju city official stated, "Since the mayor and others were not close contacts, their quarantine was lifted, and the executive secretary has entered a two-week self-quarantine."

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