'Guro Call Center' Confirmed Case Recently Traveled Alone to Jeju... Province on Alert

A COVID-19 cluster infection occurred at a call center on the 11th floor of the Korea Building in Sindorim-dong. On the 10th, a notice informing about building access control and screening clinic testing was posted at the entrance of the Korea Building in Guro-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] It has been revealed that a confirmed COVID-19 patient related to the call center in Guro-gu, Seoul recently traveled to Jeju, raising an alert in the province.

According to quarantine authorities and Jeju Province on the 11th, a woman in her 40s, an employee of the Guro-gu call center where a COVID-19 cluster infection occurred, was found to have traveled to Jeju on the 7th.

Jeju Province reported that this woman showed suspected COVID-19 symptoms such as cough and sore throat starting from the 4th. Three days later, on the 7th, she traveled alone from Gimpo Airport to Jeju on Asiana Airlines flight OZ8915. After arriving in Jeju, she took a bus and had a meal at a restaurant near Jeju City Bus Terminal.

She then took a bus to Hamdeok, visiting YouDream Mart Hamdeok branch and Poem House Pension in sequence. In the afternoon, after having a light meal at GS25 Hamdeok Golden Tulip branch, she took a bus to Jeju Airport and returned to Seoul on Asiana Airlines flight OZ8996 to Gimpo at around 9:10 PM.

Jeju Province conducted disinfection at the locations she visited following her movement within the province. Contacts at the time are being identified and quarantined accordingly.

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