On the 26th, 100 students were diagnosed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the’Gwangju TCS International School’ in Gwangju Metropolitan City operated by IM Mission.
As of 9 p.m. on the 26th, 100 confirmed patients related to TCS International School in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, were confirmed as corona19. The photo shows TCS International School. news
122 students including students and teachers lived to train missionaries
Gwangju City conducts epidemiological investigation at 4 unauthorized educational facilities
Gwangju City held an emergency briefing at 9:20 pm, presided over by Mayor Yong-seop Lee, and said, “The largest mass infection occurred in Gwangju TCS International School, an unauthorized educational facility located in Gwangsan-gu.” As a result of an investigation by the quarantine authorities on 135 students, including Gwangju TCS International School students, faculty members, and church members, 100 were confirmed positive. 26 are negative and 9 are undergoing tests.
Operation of IM Mission, a camp with students and teachers from all over the country
According to the quarantine authorities, Gwangju TCS International School, operated by Hanmaeum Church, is an organization related to the IM Mission and is an unlicensed educational facility for training missionaries. It was operated as a camp with 122 students and faculty members from all over the country. As for the age, it was found that there were many minors from 6 to 10 years old. Of the 122, 66 are Gwangju citizens. The authorities are planning to transfer the confirmed person to a life treatment center near where they live.
When the first confirmed case occurred at TCS Ace International School (Buk-gu, Gwangju) on the 23rd, Gwangju City discovered three similar unauthorized educational facilities through a field investigation. It is one of three unauthorized educational facilities at Gwangju TCS International School where 100 people were infected on this day.
On the afternoon of the 26th, a notice stating that “entrance is prohibited due to Corona 19” is posted on the entrance door of TCS International School located in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju. News 1
As a result of the epidemiological investigation, Gwangju TCS International School has three floors, and the first and third floors were used as educational and dormitory spaces. Authorities estimated that the rate of infection was fast as 122 people stayed and eaten at once. Of the remaining two unauthorized educational facilities, one of them was family-oriented and only four officials stayed, and one of them was in the pre-operation stage and there were no test subjects.
The first confirmed cases related to unauthorized educational facilities occurred on the 23rd
TCS Ace International School, where 37 corona19 confirmed cases were found, is a dormitory where students and faculty members live and eat together while going through a homeschooling type of curriculum, and it has been revealed to be a structure that is vulnerable to group infection. Group infection began with members of the Shine-ri Church on the second floor of the same building.
This month, Gwangju City has four IM mission facilities including TCS Ace International School (Bitnaeri Church), Gwangju TCS International School (Hanmaeum Church), Tikhun TCS International School (Gwangmyeong Seohyeon Church), and Antioch Trinity CAS (Antiok Church), which are closely related to each facility. Church visitors were promptly directed to undergo diagnostic tests.
At a church in Buk-gu, Gwangju on the afternoon of the 26th, medical staff at the Buk-gu Health Center in Gwangju are conducting a full-scale corona 19 test for home school users. yunhap news
Gwangju Metropolitan City Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “We are conducting a full test on all unauthorized educational facilities due to group infection of unauthorized educational facilities. I asked.
Reporter Shin Jin-ho, Gwangju Metropolitan City = Reporter Jin Chang-il [email protected]