Six Elementary School Students in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul Infected in Group... One Additional High School Student Confirmed in Seongbuk-gu

Yeongdeungpo-gu Elementary School Reports 5 Additional COVID-19 Cases After First Confirmed Case on 22nd
One More Positive Case Quarantined in Seongbuk-gu High School Sports Team Cluster

On the 3rd, medical staff are organizing specimens 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 willing faculty members and students. Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Six people were infected in a group with COVID-19 at an elementary school in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.

On the 25th, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education reported that after the first student was confirmed positive on the 22nd at an elementary school in Yeongdeungpo-gu, five more students tested positive. The school switched to remote classes until the 28th.

At a high school in Seongbuk-gu, where a group infection occurred among the sports team, one more confirmed case was added, bringing the total to six. The school will conduct remote classes on the 28th and 29th.

At this school, on the 20th, five sports team students tested positive during a pre-competition screening.

The additional confirmed case initially tested negative but showed suspicious symptoms during the quarantine period and tested positive in a second test on the 23rd.

In schools across Seoul, 14 more student cases were confirmed the previous day. Since the start of the school year in March this year, a total of 1,666 students and staff have tested positive.

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