4 Additional Confirmed Cases Related to Uijeongbu Academy... Total 13 Cases
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[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Four additional confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in connection with Academy A in Singok-dong, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, where a cluster infection occurred.
According to city health authorities on the 20th, instructor B of Academy A was classified as a contact of a confirmed case in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, underwent testing, and was confirmed positive on the 7th.
As a result of diagnostic tests on about 40 students who had contact with the first confirmed case B at Academy A, the total number of confirmed cases related to Academy A has increased to 13 as of this day.
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The academy has been closed since the 8th, and the city health authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations, including tracing the movements of the confirmed cases.
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