'Guro Call Center' COVID-19 Confirmed Case Traveled to Jeju Three Days Ago

Suspected COVID-19 Symptoms Three Days Before Arrival in Jeju

A woman in her 40s working at the 'Guro Call Center' was confirmed to have visited Jeju on the 7th while showing symptoms. On the morning of the 11th, a notice informing of a temporary closure due to disinfection was posted on the entrance door of Jeju Gisa Jeongsik Buffet Restaurant in Ora-dong, Jeju City, where the woman had been. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] It has been confirmed that an employee of a call center in Guro-gu, Seoul, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), traveled to Jeju three days before the diagnosis.

Seoul Dongjak-gu Office and Jeju Province announced on the 11th that a woman in her 40s, Ms. A, who entered Jeju on the 7th and traveled there, was confirmed to be an employee of the Guro-gu call center.

Ms. A first showed suspected COVID-19 symptoms such as coughing and sore throat on the 4th. Three days later, on the morning of the 7th, she boarded Asiana Airlines flight 8915 and entered Jeju.

Afterwards, Ms. A took a bus and had a meal at Jeju Gisa Jeongsik Buffet Restaurant near Jeju City Bus Terminal, then took a bus on the same route from Jeju Bus Terminal to Hamdeok. Around 2:50 p.m., she visited YouDream Mart Hamdeok branch and Poem House Pension in succession.

Ms. A ate at the GS25 Hamdeok Golden Tulip branch near the pension, then took a bus to Jeju Airport and returned to Seoul on Asiana Airlines flight 8996 at 9:10 p.m.

Ms. A was diagnosed positive three days after returning to Seoul, on the 10th.

Jeju Province’s investigation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) confirmed that Ms. A wore a mask while moving around at that time. It is also known that she did not show any suspected symptoms during her trip to Jeju.

Additionally, Jeju Province temporarily closed the places Ms. A visited, disinfected them, and identified contacts during her stay in Jeju for self-quarantine measures. However, the identities of passengers who rode the bus with the woman have not yet been identified.

Meanwhile, Ms. A is known to have resigned from the Guro-gu call center on the 6th. The call center experienced a mass infection on the 9th, resulting in a large number of COVID-19 confirmed cases, with the number reaching about 90 as of 9 a.m. on the 11th.

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