Confirmed Cases at Seoul Gwangmun High School Rise to 25... 24 from Soccer Club

4 Additional Confirmed Cases as of the 15th

As the third wave of COVID-19 continues in South Korea, on the 28th, citizens lined up at the temporary screening clinic at Seoul Station in Jung-gu, Seoul, to get tested. As of midnight that day, the number of new confirmed cases was recorded at 356. Meanwhile, the current social distancing measures?Level 2 in the metropolitan area and Level 1.5 in non-metropolitan areas?will be maintained for two weeks from midnight on the 1st of next month until midnight on the 14th. Quarantine measures including the ban on private gatherings of five or more people and the 10 PM operating restrictions will also remain in effect for two weeks./Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases at the soccer club of Gwangmun High School in Gangdong-gu, Seoul has increased to 25.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 15th, as of midnight, 4 additional confirmed cases were reported in the Gwangmun High School soccer club, bringing the total to 25 confirmed cases.

The confirmed cases at Gwangmun High School include 24 student soccer players and 1 general student. The students who tested positive in the additional tests had previously tested negative but were found positive in the second test during self-quarantine.

Among the families of the confirmed students, 5 cases have been confirmed. Since the first confirmed case appeared on the 8th, Gwangmun High School has switched to remote classes until the 19th.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education believes that the infection spread occurred during the long periods of exercising, lodging, and eating together after the school reopened.

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