4 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed at High Schools in Nowon-gu... Total 26 at Gwangmun High School

4 High School Students in Nowon-gu Confirmed Positive... Epidemiological Investigation Underway
One More General Student at Gwangmun High School, Total Now 26

On the 21st, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, citizens are waiting to be tested at a temporary screening clinic set up in Seoul Station Plaza. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Four students at a high school in Nowon-gu, Seoul, have been collectively infected with COVID-19.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 22nd, one student at a high school in Nowon-gu was first confirmed positive on the 20th, and three other students who had contact with the first student tested positive the day before.

The first confirmed student was tested after a family member was diagnosed with COVID-19, confirming the infection. The school plans to set up a screening clinic and conduct tests targeting students in the same grade as the confirmed case.

An epidemiological investigation is currently underway, and tests for contacts and staff members are planned, so the number of confirmed cases may increase. However, it is known that the school had different attendance days for each grade.

Previously, at Gwangmun High School in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, where a cluster infection occurred in the school soccer club, the number of confirmed cases increased by one to a total of 26. The confirmed cases include 24 members of the soccer club and 2 general students.

The student who was confirmed positive this time is a general student, not a member of the soccer club, and tested positive during a test before release from quarantine.

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