Daechi-dong, Mok-dong entrance examination academy confirmed 5 days before SAT … In step 2.5, the reading room closes at 9 o’clock.

It was confirmed that just five days before the college entrance examination (SAT), a student from a famous entrance examination academy in Daechi-dong, Seoul, was confirmed to have a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Bureau of Education, on the 28th, a student from a famous entrance examination academy in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, was confirmed for Corona 19 the day before. The student, who is scheduled to take the SAT on the 3rd of next month, was classified as a close contact after his family was confirmed on the 26th, and the next day he was tested and confirmed for infection.

According to the academy, this student was only admitted to the hospital until the 26th, when classes ended, and it was found that he had never visited the school because he was a high school graduate. An academy official said: “The confirmed student continued to wear a mask and a division of the reading room was installed in accordance with the academy distance guidelines, so there are not expected to be many close contacts, but what we are capturing. ”

Furthermore, it was discovered that a son of a confirmed son from the aerobics academy in Gangseo-gu, who was infected with the crown, also attended the Mokdong University Entrance Examination Academy. Yangcheon-gu has identified 50 contacts related to the Mokdong University Entrance Examination Academy that the confirmed person has attended, and is currently undergoing a corona 19 screening test.

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500 people nationwide on the third day of confirmed crown

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As such, not only daily spaces like academies, schools, religious facilities, saunas, billiard rooms, etc., but also various small groups of relatives and known as Kimjang gatherings, military units, and local governments also spread group infections, and the number of new confirmed patients is registering 500 for three consecutive days. The number of confirmed cases of regional outbreaks, which is a key criterion for setting the distance stage, has averaged 400.1 per day over the past week, meeting the level 2.5 update criteria (400- 500 or more, or a rapid increase such as double).

According to the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon) on the 28th, the number of new confirmed cases of corona19 in Korea at 0 o’clock that day was counted as 504. After the 26-27 (581 → 555), the number of people was 500 for three consecutive days. The government plans to make a final decision on whether or not to raise the stage at the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on the 29th.

Young-rae Sohn, head of the Accident Recovery Headquarters Strategic Planning Division, in a briefing the day before, “At the main script meeting, we discussed the need and specific measures to further strengthen the distance between the metropolitan area and each district. We will gather more opinions with the final decision in mind at the script meeting on Sunday (29). ”

Quarantine authorities are somewhat negative about the rapid increase, but if the spread over the weekend is not severe, there is the possibility of a 2.5-step upgrade in the metropolitan area or a second step nationwide. Currently, among metropolitan organizations, the 2nd distance step is being implemented in the metropolitan area and the 1.5th step in the Honam area.

In recent years, as daily unpredictable infections have emerged in multiple locations at the same time, monitoring of contacts by authorities and blocking infections cannot keep up with the spread of Corona 19. This is due to that if a confirmed person is found and examined in the area, it has already occurred after a group infection has occurred in lifespan units and dozens of people.

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At stage 2.5, school attendance drops to one third

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Stage 2.5 is a stage in which the nationwide outbreak is in full swing and quarantine measures are further strengthened.

First, in addition to the five entertainment facilities of the nine types of priority management facilities, direct sales promotion rooms, such as door-to-door sales, karaoke rooms and low-standing show rooms will be closed. the ceiling. Cafes and restaurants are the same as the second step. Regardless of opening hours, the cafe is only open for take out and the restaurant is open until dinner, but only packing and delivery is allowed after 9pm

Also, among the 14 general administration facilities, the number of wedding and funeral rooms is limited to less than 50, and the PC rooms, cinemas, entertainment rooms-multiple rooms, academies, reading rooms-study cafes, etc., are closed after 9 pm Indoor sports facilities must be closed and schools must reduce school attendance by less than a third.

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