Pohang City, Yeongdeok Funeral Hall 'Confirmed High School Student' School-Wide Testing ... "All Negative"

Health Authorities Test Samples from 1,182 Students and Staff; School to Switch to Full Remote Classes from the 18th

Jung Kyung-won, Director of the Administrative Safety Bureau of Pohang City, briefing on June 18 about the community transmission of COVID-19.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Pohang City announced on the 18th that after conducting a full investigation of students and staff at the high school to which a student who tested positive for COVID-19 belonged, following a visit to a funeral hall in Yeongdeok, all 1,182 individuals tested negative.

On the previous day, one student from a high school in Pohang tested positive after visiting the Jeil Nursing Hospital Funeral Hall in Yeongdeok with family on the 13th. In response, the school switched entirely to remote classes starting on the 18th.

It was confirmed that a confirmed case from Songpa-gu, Seoul (case number 480) had stayed at the funeral hall on that day. Additionally, eight residents of Yeongdeok County who visited the funeral hall around the same time were also confirmed positive in a cluster.

This is the first community infection case in Pohang in 28 days since October 20. As of midnight on the 18th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Pohang stands at 110.

Jung Kyung-won, Director of the Administrative Safety Bureau of Pohang City, said at a briefing, "The cooperation of citizens is the most important factor in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the community," and urged, "Since cases of COVID-19 infection are increasing through meals after various gatherings, please refrain from gatherings as much as possible, and if gatherings are unavoidable, please omit meals after the gatherings."

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