One Overseas Entrant Confirmed COVID-19 Positive in Jeonju

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Tae-in] One overseas entrant in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, has been confirmed positive for COVID-19.

On the 14th, Jeonbuk Province announced that a student A (male, in his 20s), who departed Istanbul Airport on Turkish Airlines flight TK090 on the 12th and arrived at 5 p.m. the same day, was finally confirmed positive by the Jeonbuk Institute of Health and Environment.

After arriving at Incheon Airport on the 12th, A arrived in Jeonju at 7:25 p.m. by a dedicated bus for overseas entrants, and following quarantine guidelines for overseas entrants, he was tested at the Jeonju Public Health Center and was under self-quarantine.

At 7:40 p.m. on the 13th, A received the final confirmed diagnosis from the Jeonbuk Institute of Health and Environment.

The quarantine authorities classified A as the 100th confirmed case in Jeonbuk, completed disinfection of his residence and vehicle, and requested the Incheon Quarantine Station to investigate contacts inside the aircraft and at the airport.

They are also investigating epidemiological links with an overseas entrant of Uzbek nationality who arrived on the 11th and went down to Gunsan.

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