One Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19 During Quarantine... Total 7 Cases

Maintaining Building Closure Until the 29th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education has reported its seventh confirmed COVID-19 case among employees.

According to the Office of Education on the 26th, administrative department employee Mr. A, who was under self-quarantine, tested positive this morning.

Mr. A showed a negative result in the mass testing conducted after the second employee was confirmed positive on the 19th, but was classified as a close contact and placed under self-quarantine.

When symptoms appeared during quarantine, he was tested the day before and received the final positive diagnosis today.

Since an employee who is a parent of a student at a middle school in Mokpo, Jeonnam, where a cluster infection occurred on the 16th, seven confirmed cases have been reported so far at the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education.

There are three cases in the General Affairs Department, three in the Administrative Department, and one in the Policy Department.

When four employees tested positive on the 19th, the Office of Education closed the building until the 23rd and instructed employees to work from home.

However, when one employee under quarantine was additionally confirmed positive on the 23rd, the building closure was extended until the 29th.

Although a new confirmed case occurred today, the Office of Education is reportedly not planning to extend the building closure further.

An official from the Office of Education stated, “We are focusing on preventing the spread of infection through regular testing of employees,” and added, “We will also make every effort to ensure that academic operations and other work proceed without disruption.”

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