On the morning of the 27th, the outer wall of the TCS International School building in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju is covered with broken eggs. On that day, self-employed people in their 60s threw 6 or 7 eggs into the building as a protest against the outbreak of group infection. News 1
“I feel like I was hit by a thunderbolt.”
On the afternoon of the 27th, when the government issued guidelines for the prevention of novel coronavirus infections (Corona 19) for religious educational facilities, an official from the Gwangju city quarantine authorities sighed. It is also worrying about hearing criticism of “the application of the North Korean guidelines” at the front-line quarantine site, but it was because of concerns that the recent successive IM mission-related unlicensed international school group infection could adversely affect the adjustment of the social distancing phase that was to be applied from next month. He said, “There are dissatisfaction from citizens saying that the third coronavirus pandemic, which was showing a calming state, may become stronger again,” he said. This morning, in front of the Gwangju TCS International School, where a group infection broke out, a self-employed person in her 60s raised her voice, “Do you know how difficult it is for self-employed people to be away?” and then threw 6 or 7 eggs at the exterior wall of the building.
An egg that a citizen tried to throw at the Gwangju TCS International School in Gwangju, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, where a group confirmation of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) occurred was broken on the floor by the police. Here, about 120 people were living in camps, and 113 people were confirmed with Corona 19. yunhap news
Group infection from unauthorized educational facilities operated by IM Mission has emerged as the biggest variable for follow-up quarantine measures, such as adjusting the distance level. As it is an unauthorized facility, the authorities, such as the Office of Education, have actually been behind the quarantine management, and analysis has been raised that it will not be easy to block the spread of local infections.
This sense of crisis lies in the background of the administrative order that Gwangju City issued an administrative order to undergo a full-scale inspection of related personnel along with voluntary reports on unauthorized educational facilities with 5 or more people and all camp facilities with 5 or more people as a pile of 113 confirmed cases at Gwangju TCS International School. . The city said, “We will cooperate closely with the five autonomous districts, the police, and the Office of Education to block the spread of regional infections,” but the reality is that it is unsafe.
In fact, it is not easy to determine the source of infection and transmission route as all of the confirmed cases are asymptomatic, and the spread of infection outside of Gwangju cannot be ruled out as 54 of them are from 10 regions, including Seoul and Busan. The school said, “Because the students lived in a boarding life, they almost did not go outside, and in the educational process, they followed the quarantine rules such as wearing masks,” but the quarantine authorities thought differently. This is because there are not a few statements from residents that they often saw three or four students walking around the streets in groups of 6-8 students per room in two dormitory facilities with 3-4 floors. Students who lived in the representative’three-mild (closed, closed, close) facility’ went out once a month with the permission of the school. In addition, as many of the confirmed teachers were confirmed to have commuted to work, the quarantine authorities also launched an evidence-based in-depth epidemiological investigation using a location information system (GPS) for students and teachers.
As the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which seemed to have truly entered a phase, is the spread of group infection at IM Missions, there is a depressing prospect that it will be difficult to ease the distancing stage or the ban on meetings of five or more people before the Lunar New Year holiday. The quarantine authorities are paying close attention to the trend of the situation, seeing that group infection in an unauthorized educational facility operated by IM Mission could spread further. It is irrelevant that Gwangju City has confirmed that teachers of IM Mission have personally participated as special activity teachers at daycare centers, and in order to block the spread of local infections, 1,072 daycare centers were closed from the 28th to the 14th of next month when the Lunar New Year holiday ends. That means the situation is serious.
An official from Gwangju City said, “We plan to discuss in detail with the Central Accident Response Headquarters after collecting the opinions of each group, including self-employed people, on how to adjust the distance.”
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