Gangbuk High School Reports Confirmed Case After 6 Days... Total 37 Cases

One More High School Senior Confirmed Positive... Tested Positive Just Before Ending Self-Quarantine

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 Seoul and testing staff and students who wish to be tested. Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] One additional confirmed case of a third-year high school student was reported at a high school in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, where a cluster infection occurred.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 11th, as of 9 a.m. that day, the number of confirmed cases at the high school in Gangbuk-gu increased to 37, including one additional student.

The student tested negative in the first test and was in self-quarantine, but tested positive in the second test taken just before the quarantine release. This is an additional confirmed case occurring after 6 days.

At this school, after one third-year student was confirmed positive on the 30th of last month, 31 students were confirmed positive the next day, followed by 2 on the 1st, 1 on the 2nd, and 1 on the 4th.

Among the 37 confirmed cases so far, 33 are third-year students, 3 are second-year students, and 1 is a first-year student. All faculty members tested negative.

Among the 37 confirmed cases so far, 33 are third-year students, 3 are second-year students, and 1 is a first-year student. The total number of students is 1,035, and there are 116 faculty members.

After the cluster infection at the high school in Gangbuk-gu, mobile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were conducted at seven nearby schools, but no confirmed cases have been reported so far.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education decided to conduct proactive mobile specimen team PCR tests targeting a total of 13 schools within a 1 km radius.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education also conducted proactive PCR tests on 78 willing instructors at 56 academies within the jurisdiction of the Seongbuk-Gangbuk Education Support Office, and all tested negative.

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