'Confirmed Official' Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education Conducts Full Testing of 5th Floor Staff "All 111 Negative"

Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] The Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education announced on the 23rd that after one employee at the main office was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the 22nd, the entire 5th floor was temporarily closed and 111 employees were urgently tested, all of whom received negative results.

The employee was notified by health authorities that a prior confirmed case had attended a church-related gathering, and after being tested, was confirmed positive around 10 PM on the 21st.

Accordingly, starting from 8 AM the next day, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education set up a temporary screening clinic in the office parking lot and conducted diagnostic tests on a total of 111 people: 93 employees working on the 5th floor of the main building where the infected employee worked, and 18 employees who frequently had contact within the main office. All test results came back negative around 11 PM that same day.

An official from the Office of Education stated, "Since no further suspected cases have emerged, as of the 23rd, the employees of the affected department have entered self-quarantine, while other departments are operating normally."

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