yunhap news-A bunch of corona19 confirmed cases occurred in an unauthorized educational facility run by a church in Gwangju.
According to the city of Gwangju on the 26th, 100 confirmed cases of Corona 19 occurred as of 9:30 on the night, and were classified as 1534~1633 patients in Gwangju, and the cumulative number of patients increased to 1633.
As a result, the number of corona 19 confirmed cases that occurred on that day was counted as 110, including 10 already announced. This is the highest number of confirmed cases a day since the first confirmed case occurred in Gwangju on February 4 last year.
These 100 confirmed cases were confirmed to be related to Gwangju TCS International School, an unauthorized educational facility in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju for the purpose of training missionaries. This international school is run by Hanmaeum Church.
The quarantine authorities conducted a COVID-19 test on 135 students, including Gwangju TCS International School students, faculty members, and church members, with 100 positive, 26 negative, and the remaining nine undergoing tests.
Gwangju TCS International School is an IM mission-related organization, and 122 students and faculty have received training in camp. Most of the students are minors from the age of 6 to their teens. Of the 122, 66 were confirmed to be from other regions.
Medical staff are preparing to collect samples at the Temporary Screening Test Center in Seoul Plaza on the 26th, where the cumulative corona 19 cases worldwide exceeded 100 million. Reporter Park Jong-min-The quarantine authorities believe that they were exposed to the COVID-19 collective infection through closed, close, and dense lives such as camping.
Prior to this, the city of Gwangju conducted an epidemiological investigation centering on church and international school visitors after the first confirmed cases occurred at TCS Ace International School operated by Bitnaeri Church in Buk-gu, Gwangju on the 23rd, and found 37 confirmed cases so far.
In addition, during the epidemiological investigation process, it was confirmed that IM Mission is operating an international school in the form of a branch across the country. .
Gwangju TCS International School group infection was also confirmed in the process of a total inspection of educational facilities in Gwangju related to IM Mission.
Educational facilities in Gwangju related to IM Mission include TCS Ace International School (Buk-gu, Bitnaeri Church), Gwangju TCS International School (Gwangsan-gu, Hanmaeum Church), Tikhun TCS International School (Nam-gu, Gwangmyeong Seohyeon Church), Antioch Trinity CAS (Seogu, Antiok Church).
Reporter Hwang Jin-hwan-The city of Gwangju is conducting a thorough inspection on all of Gwangju’s unauthorized educational facilities as a group infection has recently occurred in church-related unauthorized educational facilities.
Gwangju Mayor Yong-seop Lee said, “If you visited TCS Ace International School and Bitnaeri Church, Gwangju TCS International School and Hanmaeum Church, Tikhun TCS International School and Gwangmyeong Seohyeon Church, Antioch Trinity CAS and Antioch Church during this month, Gwangju City Hall Temporary Screening and Inspection Office, He asked for an immediate examination at the health center screening clinic.”
He added, “Students, faculty and parents of religious education facilities should be tested promptly regardless of contact with the confirmed person or with or without symptoms.”
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