Jeju City Hall Senior Official Confirmed with COVID-19... 24 Close Contacts All Test Negative

Senior Official's Spouse Classified as Contact of Confirmed Case, Tested Positive on 25th
Jeju City Places All Staff in Senior Official's Department on Home Quarantine; 24 Contacts Test Negative for COVID-19

At the entrance of Yongduam, a representative tourist attraction in Jeju Island, the Dol Hareubang is also wearing a mask.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] A senior official of Jeju City Hall, Mr. A, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced that on the 26th at around 8:10 PM, it received notification of Mr. A's positive test result from the Provincial Health and Environment Research Institute and immediately began an epidemiological investigation.

Mr. A was classified as a contact after a family member tested positive and was confirmed to have visited the Jeju Health Center screening clinic for specimen collection at around 9:30 AM on the 26th.

Mr. A's spouse was identified as Jeju case number 372 and was a contact of Jeju case number 177, who visited Halla Sauna. The spouse had been under self-quarantine since the 21st and tested positive on the 25th.

Jeju Province is securing Mr. A's statements and identifying detailed movement paths and contacts through credit card usage records and CCTV analysis.

Additionally, Jeju City, led by the mayor and vice mayor, has simultaneously disinfected and temporarily closed the office where Mr. A is assigned.

Following the positive diagnosis of Mr. A's spouse, Ms. B, Jeju City ordered all employees in Mr. A's department to remain at home.

Furthermore, COVID-19 diagnostic tests were conducted on 24 employees who had close contact with the confirmed cases, all of whom tested negative.

On the 27th, from 7:30 AM to noon, tests are being conducted on 142 Jeju City officials who are presumed to have overlapping movement paths or contact.

The test results of Jeju City officials will be notified sequentially.

Governor Won Hee-ryong urged, “When a confirmed case occurs or contact happens within the public office, please re-examine the prevention and response manuals to minimize transmission and respond more swiftly, and ensure that emergency measures can be taken promptly.”

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