[Breaking] Four Students Infected at High School with Confirmed Cases... Busan Educational Facilities on Alert for Quarantine

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] A confirmed case presumed to be a school-acquired infection has occurred in Busan.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 14th that four additional students at A High School in Seo-gu tested positive.

At this school, student B tested positive on the 13th, leading to COVID-19 tests for 194 people including students of the same grade and staff, resulting in four students testing positive.

Student B, who showed COVID-19 symptoms such as fever and headache on the 12th, was confirmed to have attended school on the 8th and 9th.

Health authorities set up a screening clinic at the school and began mass testing of students from other grades and staff.