Increase in School Cluster Outbreaks... Seoul City Adds 'Dormitory Schools' to Self-Test Kit Pilot Project

On the 30th, a COVID-19 self-test kit for diagnosis was placed at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDSCH) meeting held at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is introducing self-test kits in school dormitories.

According to Seoul City on the 2nd, the city announced that it plans to conduct tests using self-test kits for 7 weeks from the 4th to the 23rd of next month for dormitory residents and staff of 19 schools that wished to participate in the self-test kit pilot project. A total of 5,458 people are targeted, and they will be tested with self-test kits upon entering and leaving the dormitories.

Accordingly, on the 1st, Seoul City conducted training with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education regarding the use of self-test kits. A Seoul city official explained, "Through the pilot project targeting dormitory schools, Seoul will detect confirmed cases early and prevent cluster infections in schools."

Meanwhile, Seoul City has been conducting a self-test kit pilot project targeting call centers and logistics centers since the 17th of last month, and has discovered 3 confirmed cases so far.

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