“Everyone in contact has a voice” Daechi-dong cleared his heart SAT quarantine is ’emergency’

Four days before the university entrance exam, tensions over the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) are mounting. The Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to extend the ‘AT’ quarantine when test takers were confirmed at a Daechi-dong school.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 29th, the number of confirmed students in the Seoul area the previous day was counted as 11. There are 40 candidates for self-quarantine, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to create a joint working group (TF ) and operate it until the end of the evaluation by the university on February 5 of next year.

On the morning of the 19, the first day of the ‘AT Special Prevention Period’, which lasts two weeks before the 2021 College Academic Proficiency Test, officials from the Saemaul Council’s Village Love Volunteer Corps participate in quarantine activities at an academy in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.

According to Gangnam-gu, on the 27th, an examinee living in another city / province was diagnosed with Corona 19 while attending a school in Daechi-dong. It was a family infection. The next day, Gangnam-gu conducted a Corona 19 test with three instructors and 88 students. An official in Gangnam-gu said on the 29th: “All the corona test results were negative, and all of them were tried by active monitoring rather than self-isolation at the Gangnam-gu health center.”

When a confirmed case occurs, close contacts are classified by epidemiological investigation. In many cases, self-isolation occurs even if a negative Corona 19 test is performed during this process. Unlike self-isolation, active monitoring looks for symptoms such as fever or cough and reports to the public health center, and there are no movement restrictions.

Desktop partitions are being installed at Suseong High School in Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the morning of the 26th, a week before the 2021 College Academic Aptitude Test.

Gangnam-gu explained: “In the epidemiological investigation, it was found that both the academy and the students had followed the quarantine rules well, so no self-isolation measures were taken.” According to Gangnam-gu, this academy divided the number of gardens in half in a class, reducing the density and wearing a mask. A Gangnam-gu official explained: “All the students wore masks, and there were no students classified as self-quarantined because it was investigated that they followed the quarantine rules well, such as installing partitions in the self-study room.”

Crown 19 confirmed patients accumulated since August. Graphic = Reporter Cha Junhong [email protected]

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has secured an additional testing site in preparation for the surge in the number of confirmed test takers and self-quarantine in line with the recent surge in confirmed cases. In the case of confirmed cases, they can take the SAT exam at a separate testing center or hospital. The Seoul Medical Center and the Namsan Youth Hostel (27 in total) have two test rooms prepared by the city of Seoul for the examinees. Oh Hee-seon, head of the Seoul Education Policy Division, explained, “We have prepared more than the existing test site so that examinees have no trouble taking the test.”

A separate testing center was also secured for self-isolating examinees, so that up to 440 people can take the test. Manager Oh explained, “Before the SAT, there is growing concern about the spread of the crown in academies such as Daechi-dong, and inspection of related facilities is being strengthened.”

A desk with a detection screen for the SAT to block drops of Corona 19, which will be used for the 2021 College Aptitude Test. Reporter Kim Kyung-rok

Candidates who are in self-isolation will take the test at 22 separate testing centers. On the day of the SAT, you will help move from the district office in charge of your residence to the testing center. It is a principle to move to one’s own vehicle and manage the movement through a situation board by a dedicated public official, but if the vehicle cannot be moved, an ambulance will be provided. In addition to ambulance assistance, the district office also plans to match quarantine taxis to support them, or use public vehicles to support the SAT in an emergency.
A plan was also drawn up for the disposal of the waste generated in the SAT. After the completion of the SAT, the Seoul Metropolitan Bureau of Education decided to collect the waste and send it to the competent public health center for incineration as medical waste.

Manager Oh said, “I have been very supportive of the test center on SAT day, but this year I am not supporting SAT. I will be reviewing the PC and karaoke rooms intensively from the afternoon of the day after SAT to reduce concerns about crown spread “.

Meanwhile, the city of Seoul announced that the amount of newly infected corona19 at 0 o’clock on the day was 158. Regarding the Gangseo-gu aerobics academy, the previous day 15 people and a total of 171 people were confirmed got infected.

Reporter Kim Hyun-ye [email protected]