Three Additional COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Jeju... Contacts of Visitors from Seoul

As the number of domestic COVID-19 confirmed cases increased by a total of 61 yesterday, including 47 from overseas, 6 in Seoul, and 3 in Gyeonggi, medical staff are busily moving at the screening clinic set up at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 16th. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Three additional contacts of a woman in her 70s, identified as Ms. A, who tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting Jeju Island for 5 nights and 6 days and then staying in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, have also been confirmed positive.

According to Jeju Island authorities on the 16th, epidemiological investigations have identified 20 contacts of Ms. A in the Jeju area. Among them, COVID-19 diagnostic tests have been completed for 8 people; 5 tested negative, but 3 were ultimately confirmed positive.

One of the confirmed cases is an employee at Haebin Sauna, which Ms. A visited, and the other two are family members of Ms. A (out of 4 family members, 2 have tested positive, and the remaining 2 are undergoing testing).

COVID-19 diagnostic tests are also underway for the remaining 12 contacts, with results expected to be released sequentially after 2 a.m. on the 17th.

Previously, Ms. A arrived in Jeju by flight around 3:30 p.m. on the 9th and stayed on the island for 5 nights and 6 days until she left Jeju at 11:40 a.m. on the 14th.

Immediately after arriving on the 9th, Ms. A visited Sarangbang Dabang with family members who came to pick her up around 3:30 p.m., then returned home. From the 10th to the 12th, Ms. A visited Haebin Sauna with family from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., stopped by Sarangbang Dabang, and then went home.

The movements identified over these three days are consistent, and no other outings have been confirmed.

On the day before departure, the 13th, Ms. A again visited Haebin Sauna with family from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., then went to Sarangbang Dabang. She stayed at Heukdonbonga from 6:30 p.m. to 8:05 p.m.

Reviewing the on-site closed-circuit television (CCTV), it was confirmed that Ms. A traveled using a family vehicle during the identified movements but did not wear a mask.

Ms. A told health authorities that she began experiencing chills and coughing symptoms from the 11th and took fever-reducing medicine provided by her family on the 13th.

Ms. A underwent a COVID-19 test at the Gwangjin-gu Public Health Center around 4:50 p.m. on the 15th and was finally confirmed positive around 8 a.m. on the 16th.

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