Seoul Schools' 'Mobile Testing Team Tests' All 702 Students and Staff Negative
Seoul Sports Middle and High Schools Have 48%, Gwangjin-gu Middle Schools Have 39% Tested
Testing Scheduled at 10 Locations During Pilot Project Period
On the 3rd, a student is undergoing a test at a mobile COVID-19 PCR testing site installed at Seoul Sports Middle and High School in Songpa-gu, Seoul. The Ministry of Education, in consultation with health authorities, has formed teams for each of the 11 education support offices in Seoul to conduct tests starting from the 3rd, visiting schools across the city to test staff and students who wish to be tested. Photo by Joint Press Corps
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] On the first day of the pilot operation of the mobile COVID-19 specimen collection testing, conducted at schools in Seoul upon request, all students and staff tested negative.
On the 4th, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that all 702 individuals who underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests at Seoul Sports Middle and High School in Songpa-gu and a middle school in Gwangjin-gu the previous day tested negative.
The day before, a total of 341 people, including 311 students and 30 staff members, were tested at Seoul Sports Middle and High School. This accounts for about 48% of all students and staff.
At the middle school located in Gwangjin-gu, 361 people, including 302 students and 59 staff members, were tested. This represents 39% of the entire school population.
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From the 4th for two weeks, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will conduct mobile specimen collection testing for willing staff and students at 10 schools that applied. Based on the results of this pilot operation, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to expand testing to all areas of Seoul.
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