Jeju Fisherman Confirmed Positive After Visiting 'Cheongjeong Area Ulleungdo'... Anxiety Over First Infection Case

8 COVID-19 Tests for Ulleung County Residents in Contact... Results Expected on the Morning of the 27th

On October 18, ahead of Dokdo Day, about 50 members from the Seoul Women's CEO Choir of the Korea Women Entrepreneurs Association Seoul Branch, the Daegu Branch Song Class, and the Gyeongbuk Province Women's Choir gathered at the 3rd-floor plaza of the Dodong Passenger Terminal in Ulleungdo to perform the "Echo of Love for Dokdo! A Grand Chorus of Friendship and Passion."
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In Ulleungdo, the only clean area in Gyeongbuk where no cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had been reported, a crew member with an address in Jeju Island tested positive.

According to Ulleung County on the 25th, Mr. A, in his 60s, who came by boat from Jeju Island for fishing the previous day, visited the Ulleung County screening clinic with cold symptoms and was confirmed to have COVID-19.

Ulleung County quarantine authorities are conducting specimen tests on 13 close contacts, including 5 crew members who came with Mr. A and 8 Ulleung residents. The test results for these individuals are expected to be available by the morning of the 27th.

Immediately after the positive diagnosis, Mr. A was transferred to a hospital in Jeju Island, his place of residence.

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