I’m going to school again for ‘Club Infection’ … Ministry of Education today Ministry of Education

Check-in 2020.05.11 07:28

Itaewon Club (發) new infectious disease due to coronavirus (Corona19) With the tendency to spread the outbreak, the Ministry of Education and the quarantine authorities are discussing whether to postpone school attendance the morning of the 11th.

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye and the Minister of Education will connect the Center for Disease Control by videoconference at the Seoul Metropolitan Government Office around 11 am the same day to discuss the need to postpone school attendance with a quarantine expert. At the meeting, Prime Minister Yu is reported to be planning to closely examine the current state of the spread of the Itaewon club outbreak, whether to postpone school attendance, how much longer to postpone, and whether it is okay to attend school sequentially.

The kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools are scheduled to start attending school from middle school 3 on day 13. On day 20, high 2, middle 3, Elementary 1 ~ 2, kindergarten on June 27, high 1, middle 2, Elementary 3 ~ 4 on the 27th, and next month’s 1st, middle 1 and Elementary 5 ~ 6 are scheduled to go to school. The Ministry of Education announced the plan by means of an informative session on the 4th. Starting on the 6th, the text of the company stepped on the conversion from “social distance” to “putting distance in life”.

However, three days after the announcement by the Ministry of Education, it was confirmed that “Yongin Confirmer 66” visited several Itaewon clubs during the golden holidays. Over the next four days, the number of confirmed Itaewon clubs increased to 54. There are 43 direct visitors to the club and 11 other contacts, such as family, acquaintances, and colleagues. The spread of the local infection through club visitors was confirmed.

There is a growing voice among parents that they should postpone school classes again. More than 150,000 people agreed to the appeal the night before to the Blue House National Petition to postpone school attendance for all grades. More than 46,000 people agreed to the request to postpone the elementary school and kindergarten.

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo posted on Facebook the day before and said, “A few days before my high school class, I know that infections related to the Itaewon club have caused many people concern. There are no changes to the principle that the safety of students is a top priority. ” I will judge carefully. “