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Seoul reports first Omicron cases in 3 foreign students
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A student enters the library of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Dec. 7, after the university restricted its operations after one of its foreign students was confirmed to be infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Yonhap
A student enters the library of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Dec. 7, after the university restricted its operations after one of its foreign students was confirmed to be infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Yonhap

Three foreign students attending universities in Seoul have been confirmed to be infected with Omicron, officials said Tuesday, signaling the highly contagious COVID-19 variant's penetration into the capital.

One foreign student each from Seoul National University (SNU), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) and Kyunghee University has been confirmed to have contracted the Omicron variant, according to the Seoul city government.

All of the three were found to have visited a church in Incheon, west of Seoul, where a pastor and his wife were confirmed last week as the first cases of Omicron in South Korea. The students tested positive for COVID-19 last Friday and their infections with Omicron have been finally confirmed through a whole genome analysis, the government said.

This is the first time that Omicron cases have been confirmed in Seoul. Nationwide, the number of Omicron cases rose by 12 to 36 as of midnight Monday.

The infections of students immediately raised fears of Omicron spreading in Seoul's university districts and beyond.

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The concerned universities are conducting contact tracing related to the infected students and mapping out quarantine measures amid the possibility of secondary infections.

HUFS has decided to switch all classes to non-face-to-face classes until Dec. 14 and restrict the operations of a library and other school facilities, visited by its Omicron-infected student, until Dec. 11.

"Coronavirus tests were recommended for 30 people who attended the same in-person class as the infected student and an additional 139 people who used the same library floor with the person," an HUFS official said. "So far, 93 people have tested negative, and no secondary infection has been confirmed."

SNU has quarantined those who have been classified as close contacts of its Omicron patient and is considering asking all of the patient's fellow dormitory students to undergo rapid molecular diagnostic tests.

The university has relocated its rapid molecular test station from near the engineering college to the front of the dormitory and will step up efforts to identify those who have had close contact with the infected person.

"Rapid molecular diagnostic tests are not mandatory but actively recommended for all dormitory students," an SNU official said.

Kyunghee University also plans to recommend COVID-19 testing for all students who share the same dormitory floor with its Omicron-infected student.

"The omicron-infected student took only non-face-to-face classes and the epidemiological investigation has so far found that there were no close contacts," a Kyunghee official said, noting the academic calendar for the second semester, including lectures and final exams, will be maintained without change. (Yonhap)


 
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