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 Jeju on Tuesday has confirmed that a Chinese woman in her 20s who visited the United States tested positive for COVID-19. This is the 13th case of Jeju, first in eleven days.

 According to its announcement, she arrived in Jeju on KAL(KE1201) at around 7:40 am, April 13th. She came back to Incheon Int'l Airport, Korea from the US one day earlier. She told the health authories that she has been staying at home in Jeju since the arrival. She took a taxi from Jeju aiport as she had no symptoms.

 She got her test at a public health center on April 14th, and it resulted in positive. Then, she got transferred to Jeju University hospital for treatment.

 Jeju is now conducting in-depth epidemiological investigation on her itineraries.

 The below is the official announcement from Jeju Tourism Organization.

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After nearly two weeks of no new COVID-19 cases on Jeju Island, a Chinese woman in her 20s who visited the United States was confirmed to be Jeju Island’s 13th COVID-19 patient on Tuesday evening.

The individual entered Korea through Incheon International Airport from the United States on April 12, arriving in Jeju on Korean Air KE1201 on April 13 at about 07:40. Asymptomatic, she took a taxi home to self-quarantine.

In keeping with a new directive from midnight on April 13th requiring all travelers from the US to receive extra screening within three days of entering Korea, she was subsequently contacted by health authorities and taken by ambulance to get tested at a local Public Health Center on April 14.

Her diagnosis was confirmed late Tuesday night after a second test by the Public Health and Environment Research Institute. She is now being treated at Jeju National University Hospital.

Provincial health authorities are conducting an in-depth epidemiological investigation and details of her itinerary may be released upon further investigation.