[속보] Gwangju TCS International School 100 confirmed… “The largest scale in Gwangju”

At TCS International School, an unauthorized educational facility in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, 100 people were diagnosed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

According to the city of Gwangju on the 26th, 100 students were tested positive in a total survey related to TCS International School. It is the first three-digit confirmed case in Gwangju and the highest number of confirmed cases.

In the first diagnostic test conducted by the pooling PCR method, about 120 people were tested positive, and in the end of the retest, 100 people were tested positive, leading to an emergency.

The school that was confirmed this time is the G-TCS International School located in Gwangsan-gu. As a result of testing 135 people, including students, faculty members, and members of this school, 100 people have been tested positive so far. Twenty-six people have been tested negative and nine are undergoing tests. Here, 122 students and faculty members from all over the country have received training in camp.

Gwangju Mayor Yong-seop Lee said at the Corona 19 briefing that “the largest group infection occurred since the outbreak of Corona 19 in Gwangju.” I am doing it.”

In Gwangju, 37 people, mainly at Buk-gu TCS Ace International School, have been confirmed since the 1479 confirmed case in Gwangju on the 23rd. Accordingly, the quarantine authorities conducted a thorough investigation related to TCS International School.

The quarantine authorities are conducting additional epidemiological investigations under super tension. In particular, the tension cannot be overlooked as the number of confirmed patients is increasing, centering on international schools, which are unauthorized educational facilities operated by IM Mission.

In addition to IEM International School, which is an unauthorized facility belonging to a religious organization in Daejeon where there were a lot of confirmed cases, IM Mission is operating 23 educational facilities including TCS and CAS all over the country. It is known that teachers, etc., receive education at the headquarters in Daejeon and are then assigned to educational facilities nationwide. Gwangsan-gu G-TCS International School, where a bunch of confirmed patients came out on this day, is an organization related to IM missions and is operated to train missionaries.

Reporter Han Young-hye [email protected]