Silverobama
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There was a recent case of COVID in my city. Please help me with two sentences about this context.
1) Zhang asked me how the COVID test was done because I once got tested in a hospital. He thought the nurse would only swabbed the throat but actually the nose would also be swabbed.
I said to him "Last time they got the sample from my nose and throat". Is this italic sentence good?
2) Because of this recent outbreak, our English club next Monday has to be put off. I wrote a message to our host David, who didn't know the outbreak yet.
I wrote: We have to postpone next Monday's gathering * because a Korean man who worked for a factory in our city was tested positive when returning back to Korea. The place he worked for and the hotel he lived were closed soon after he was reported infected. Most importantly, the factory he worked for is close to our gathering site **. Now we still don't know if he was the first one who got infected. We need to see the test results of others who were once in close contact with him. ***
*: Next Monday's gathering means people of the English club meet every Monday, gather together to speak English.
**: Our gathering site means the place where our English club is held.
***: The logic behind the last sentence: maybe the man wasn't the first one who got infected, this means the person is not in quarantine. It's dangerous because now we don't wear masks. So, we need to the test results of other people who were once in close contact with this Korean man.
Please also help me with the longer italic sentences.
1) Zhang asked me how the COVID test was done because I once got tested in a hospital. He thought the nurse would only swabbed the throat but actually the nose would also be swabbed.
I said to him "Last time they got the sample from my nose and throat". Is this italic sentence good?
2) Because of this recent outbreak, our English club next Monday has to be put off. I wrote a message to our host David, who didn't know the outbreak yet.
I wrote: We have to postpone next Monday's gathering * because a Korean man who worked for a factory in our city was tested positive when returning back to Korea. The place he worked for and the hotel he lived were closed soon after he was reported infected. Most importantly, the factory he worked for is close to our gathering site **. Now we still don't know if he was the first one who got infected. We need to see the test results of others who were once in close contact with him. ***
*: Next Monday's gathering means people of the English club meet every Monday, gather together to speak English.
**: Our gathering site means the place where our English club is held.
***: The logic behind the last sentence: maybe the man wasn't the first one who got infected, this means the person is not in quarantine. It's dangerous because now we don't wear masks. So, we need to the test results of other people who were once in close contact with this Korean man.
Please also help me with the longer italic sentences.