[Breaking] Two Cheonan Middle School Students Confirmed COVID-19 Positive After Visiting Uljin Funeral Hall... School Closure and Remote Classes Implemented

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Cheonan City, Chungcheongnam-do, announced on the 22nd that two Cheonan students who visited a relative's funeral hall in Uljin, Gyeongbuk, tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

According to the city, they are two teenage middle school students (Cheonan 225, 226) from the same school in Cheonan who visited a relative's funeral hall in Uljin from the 19th to the 20th. The students were asymptomatic at the time of testing on the 21st and are known to be siblings.

The confirmed students had contact at the funeral hall with a man in his 50s living in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do (Siheung 132). The man in his 50s from Siheung was confirmed positive after contact with a confirmed case from Paju.

The city health authorities and the education office decided to close the school for two days starting from that day and conduct remote classes.