Seoul Gwangmun High School Soccer Club COVID-19 Cluster Infection... Total 15 Cases

14 Student Athletes and 1 General Student Infected
Transmission Believed to Have Occurred in Dormitory

As the third wave of COVID-19 continues in South Korea, medical staff are collecting samples at the temporary screening clinic at Seoul Station in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 28th. As of midnight that day, the number of new confirmed cases was recorded at 356. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] A cluster infection occurred at the soccer club of Gwangmun High School in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, increasing the total confirmed cases to 15.

According to Seoul City on the 8th, after one student was confirmed positive at Gwangmun High School on the 5th, eight more were confirmed on the 6th, and six more on the 7th. A total of 15 people were confirmed positive, including 14 student athletes and one general student.

Seoul City conducted tests on 1,131 people related to the school. Excluding the initial confirmed case, 14 tested positive and 423 tested negative. The rest are still awaiting test results.

According to epidemiological investigations, the confirmed cases had spent long hours exercising, lodging, and dining together after the school reopened, and transmission is believed to have occurred as multiple people stayed together in the dormitory where lodging and meals were provided.

The shared dormitory of the soccer club housed a total of 31 people, including 27 students and 4 coaches. At Gwangmun High School, the sports team was abolished, and players were registered and operated in the form of a soccer club.

Song Euncheol, a quarantine officer from Seoul City, said, "No violations of quarantine rules have been confirmed so far regarding this school cluster infection," and added, "We plan to inspect sports teams in cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education."

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to check the status of the soccer club with the Korea Football Association.

Meanwhile, in Gangdong-gu, confirmed cases have occurred not only at the high school but also at two elementary schools and two middle schools after the school reopened, and contact testing and epidemiological investigations are underway.

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