Mobile PCR Testing in Seoul for 2 Weeks... 1 Positive Case Among 10 Schools

No Additional Confirmed Cases After One Elementary Student in Nowon-gu on the 10th

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 participate.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Among 10 schools in Seoul where mobile COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing was piloted for two weeks, there was a total of one confirmed case.

On the 17th, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that 1,043 people were tested at three middle and high schools where mobile PCR testing was conducted on the 14th, and all tested negative.

The number of testees by school was 870 at a middle school in Gangnam-gu (805 students, 65 staff), 73 at a high school in Gangdong-gu (69 students, 4 staff), and 100 at a high school in Songpa-gu (98 students, 2 staff).

At the middle school in Gangnam-gu, 86.5% of the school community underwent testing. Testing at the high schools in Gangdong-gu and Songpa-gu was conducted over two days, on the 6th and 14th.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education conducted mobile PCR testing upon request from schools near confirmed cases. During the pilot period, 3,503 people were tested. On the 10th, one student was confirmed positive at an elementary school in Nowon-gu where testing was conducted.

The Office of Education plans to analyze the pilot results and expand testing to the entire Seoul area in the future. So far, about 50 schools have applied for testing.

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