[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] A third-year student at a Meister High School in Yeosu, Jeonnam, tested positive for COVID-19.
According to Yeosu City on the 27th, a male student A attending this school from Gunsan showed fever symptoms on the 22nd and was confirmed positive at a screening clinic in Gunsan on the 25th.
It was confirmed that Student A attended school until the 20th and stayed at his home in Gunsan from the 21st.
Yeosu City conducted diagnostic tests on 367 people, including 71 teachers and 296 students, on the same day.
In Yeosu, a man in his 50s was confirmed positive and classified as Yeosu case number 25 (Jeonnam case number 392) on the day.
This man showed symptoms such as coughing and breathing difficulties from the 24th and was confirmed positive on the 26th.
Since the infection route has not been identified, quarantine authorities are conducting an epidemiological investigation focusing on his movement path.
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