Jeju Reports Zero COVID-19 Cases for the First Time in 37 Days

33 Language Academy Dance Students and 2 BTJ Yeolbang Center Visitors Test Negative
Jeju-style Social Distancing Level 2 Applied Until the 31st... Continuous Monitoring of Compliance with Industry-specific Quarantine Rules

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] Jeju recorded zero new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced that 585 COVID-19 diagnostic tests were conducted on the 16th, and no additional confirmed cases occurred, maintaining a cumulative total of 497 confirmed cases as of 11 a.m. on the 17th.

There have been no additional confirmed cases from midnight to 11 a.m. on the 17th.

Although 500 new confirmed cases occurred nationwide on this day, Jeju was the only one among the 17 cities and provinces with no additional confirmed cases.

The 'zero cases' mark is the first time since December 11 of last year, 37 days ago, and the first time this year.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Jeju as of 11 a.m. on the 17th is 76, with the number of new confirmed cases remaining below 10 for 15 consecutive days.

This is analyzed as the effect of the continued strengthened social distancing Level 2.

Jeju's quarantine authorities diagnosed that the third wave peak passed at the end of last year and the trend is gradually decreasing, but considering that winter has high transmissibility and there is a risk of resurgence if quarantine is relaxed, they announced that the current distancing level will be extended for two more weeks until midnight on the 31st.

Jeju operates joint inspection teams composed of autonomous police, national police, provincial, administrative city, and eup/myeon/dong units, as well as on-site mobile inspection teams, in preparation for suspected reports of gatherings of five or more people regardless of location. They also plan to conduct focused guidance and inspections by each department in charge of various industries to ensure the effectiveness of social distancing.

Additionally, during epidemiological investigations, Jeju conducted COVID-19 diagnostic tests on a total of 33 people, including students and academy officials, related to a dance class attended by one confirmed case in the province, all of whom tested negative.

Two additional people tested related to visitors of the BTJ Yeolhap Center in Sangju, Gyeongbuk, also received negative results.

Thus, among the 39 people notified by the Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) as visitors related to the BTJ Yeolhap Center in Sangju, Gyeongbuk, 36 have been confirmed negative through COVID-19 testing in Jeju.

One remaining person was confirmed to be staying in Gyeonggi Province and was transferred to the relevant health center, and the other two were finally identified as not having visited the BTJ Yeolhap Center. Therefore, all those notified as related visitors have completed measures including location and visit history tracking and diagnostic testing.

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