Three Family Members Confirmed COVID-19 Positive in Gwangju... Total Cases Reach 5,309

Religious Facility-Operated Alternative School Children... Health Authorities on Alert

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] A confirmed case has occurred at an alternative school operated by a religious organization in the Gwangju area, putting quarantine authorities on high alert.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 25th, as of 2 p.m. that day, three people were confirmed positive for COVID-19 and were classified as cases 5307 to 5309.

All of them are family members. Case 5307 developed symptoms, got tested, and was confirmed positive, and the infection was revealed through additional contact testing.

Cases 5307 and 5308, both under 10 years old, were confirmed to be attending alternative schools operated by religious facilities.

Quarantine authorities conducted tests on a total of 295 people at two alternative schools located in Dong-gu and Nam-gu. The results are expected to be released by the morning of the 26th.

Additionally, it was confirmed that the family attended a church service the day before, and a full-scale test targeting contacts will be conducted in the afternoon of the same day.

Quarantine authorities plan to identify additional contacts and movement paths and make every effort to prevent further spread.

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