COVID-19 Confirmed at Jeju Dream Tower... Over 100 Employees Undergo Emergency Testing

Jeju Island Reports 15 New COVID-19 Cases on 25th... Total Cases Reach 364

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] A worker at Dream Tower, the tallest (169m, 38 floors) complex resort in Yeondong, Jeju City, has tested positive for COVID-19, and quarantine authorities are conducting an epidemiological investigation.

Jeju quarantine authorities are currently conducting tests on about 100 people, including Dream Tower employees, and are on alert to prevent a large-scale outbreak.

According to a Dream Tower official, the confirmed case is an employee working inside the kitchen who tested positive on the 23rd, and it has been determined that their movement did not overlap with that of guests.

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced that from midnight to 5 p.m. on the 25th, 15 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total cumulative number of confirmed cases to 364.

The 15 confirmed cases on that day were identified as ▲12 related to Hongik Child Welfare Center (cases 352, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364) ▲2 related to Dongbaek Day Activity Center (cases 351, 353) ▲1 related to Halla Sauna (case 350).

Jeju quarantine authorities conducted comprehensive testing on 157 children and workers at Hongik Child Welfare Center on the 24th, during which these cases were confirmed. Aside from the 3 cases confirmed on the 24th and the 12 additional cases confirmed on the 25th, totaling 15, the remaining 142 tested negative.

Cases 351 and 353 are related to Dongbaek Day Activity Center and are family members of case 335. They were classified as contacts immediately after case 335 was confirmed on the 24th, underwent COVID-19 testing, and were confirmed positive around 4 a.m. on the 25th.

Jeju Province confirmed that the family members of the confirmed cases used Dongbaek Day Activity Center and initially conducted COVID-19 testing on 18 people at the facility. However, due to additional confirmed cases over two consecutive days, the testing target was expanded from 18 to 29 people for COVID-19 testing.

Among the 29 tests, 6 were confirmed positive, 9 were negative, and the remaining 14 are awaiting results.

Case 350, confirmed around 4 a.m. on the 25th, is related to Halla Sauna and is a family member of case 293, who was confirmed positive on the 22nd.

Case 350 had been in self-quarantine since the 19th and underwent COVID-19 testing due to symptoms such as headache, which resulted in a positive confirmation.

Meanwhile, with the discharge of cases 120, 124, 126, 127, 142, and 143 on the 25th, the number of confirmed cases currently in isolation in Jeju is 237.

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