CORONAVIRUS/Class in Kaohsiung school suspended on suspicion of COVID-19

Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/13/2020 08:25 PM
By: Chen Chao-fu, Chang Min-hsuan and Ko Lin

Kaohsiung, June 13 (CNA) The Kaohsiung Department of Health ordered a secondary school in the city to suspend classes Saturday after half the students in the class had fallen ill in the previous four days with symptoms similar to those of COVID-19.

Out of the 30 students in the class, 15 came down with coughs, fevers and discomfort in the upper respiratory tract between June 9 and June 12, the department's technical specialist Pan Chao-ying (潘炤穎) said.

Following the class's suspension Saturday, four students were tested for both COVID-19 and the flu. Two of the students' COVID-19 tests and the other two students' flu tests came back negative.

Results for the other tests are expected on Sunday.    [FULL  STORY]