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Jeju had visitors as many as 196,138 during the golden week from April 29th till May 5th this year, Jeju Economy reported on Wednesday.
This is a reboost considering the decreasing numbers in the previous 3 months. But it is very sharp fall as much as 37.8% from the same month last year when had 315,186 visitors, it pointed out.
This is because of the coronavirus pandemic, it analyzed, as January saw 10.5% increase from January 2019, just before the outbreak.
As positive points like no new cases over 3 weeks and the first patient, who has been treated in hospital lomgest, was dischared, and negative i.e. the big wave of tourists may result in the second wave and schools reopen coexist, the coming 2 weeks or a month will be quite critical for the covid19 quarantine in Jeju.
Jeju officially announced that it will keep intensive 'social distancing' rule longer till May 18th to prevent community infection from happening, two days ago.

 Jeju Special Self-governing Province on Sunday announced that its 8th coronavirus patient(a teen female) was discharged from hospital in the afternoon, April 12th.

 She got tested positive at about 10:20 pm on March 27th. She returned to Jeju from Los Angeles where she was studying. She was driven to home by her mother as soon as she exited Jeju airport, and also to a public health center.

 Jeju will actively monitor her for more than a week, it added.

 Besides this, the 5 family members of the 9th patient(F, 20s) will be freed from self-quarantine as of the midnight of the 12th. The 9th got a positive result on March 29th, so they were advised to stay at home. They have developed no symptom so far, Jeju explained.

 However, the 11th patient(M/30s) who is one of the family was transferred to Jeju University Hospital for treatments as he tested positive on April 3rd.

 제주특별자치도는 도내 8번 확진자 A양(10대 여성)가 4월 12일 오후 퇴원함에 따라 후속조치를 마련한다고 밝혔다.

❍ A씨는 미국 로스엔젤레스에서 유학 중 소재 고교 유학생으로, 3월 27일 오전 4시 경 인천국제공항으로 입국해 같은 날 오전 9시 경 제주로 입도했다.

❍ A씨는 이날 오후 1시 경 어머니의 차로 도내 보건소에서 검사를 받았으며 같은 날 저녁 10시 20분경 확진판정을 받았다.

❍ A씨는 입도과정에서 마스크를 착용했다고 구술했으며, 증상이 없었음에도 입도 당일 코로나19 검체 검사를 받아 동선을 최소화 했다.

❍ 또 A씨는 보건소 방문 과정에서도 어머니의 차를 이용하고, 검사 결과 대기시간 동안 자택에서 머무르는 등 격리 수칙을 충실히 수행한 사례로 알려졌다.

 제주도에 따르면, 제주대학교병원에서 격리치료를 받아온 A씨는 코로나19 검사결과 2회 연속 음성이 나타나면서 무증상 확진환자 격리해제 기준을 충족했다고 밝혔다.

❍ 제주도는 A씨가 퇴원한 후에도 1주일 이상 능동감시를 진행할 예정이며, 이상 증상 발생 시 관할 보건소에서 즉시 조치할 수 있도록 관리할 계획이다.

❍ 이번 8번 확진자 퇴원으로 4월 12일 현재 격리치료 중인 도내 확진환자는 7명이다.

 한편, 제주도에 따르면, 9번(남미 방문, 20대 여성)의 접촉자인 가족 5명은 12일 오후 코로나19 검사에서 모두 음성판정을 받아 13일 0시부로 자가격리가 해제될 예정이다.

❍ 이들 5명은 지난 3월 29일 확진 판정을 받은 9번 확진자의 접촉자로서 자가격리 되었으며, 12일 현재까지 특별한 증상이 없는 것으로 알려졌다.

❍ 이들과 함께 자가격리 중이었던 도내 11번 확진자 B씨(30대 남성)는 4월 3일 확진판정을 받아 현재 제주대학교 병원음압병상에서 치료 중이다.

❍ 이번 진단검사는 최종 접촉일로부터 13일째 날에 검사를 받아 음성임을 확인하고 다음날 격리 해제토록 하는 ‘코로나19 대응지침’에 따라 진행됐다.

 Jeju has been in a good control over the novel coronavirus outbreak as it has only 12 confirmed positive cases while 4 of them discharged from the hospital.

 Out of the 12 confirmed cases, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th are fully recovered and released from in-bed care by the authority.

 The most unique patient is the No. 1, a naval soldier in his 20s, as he spent about a month getting over the virus, and tested postive again while being closely monitored after discharged from the hospital. The second confirmation was not as vivid as the first, but the local governmnet is keeping an eye on his condition.

 The one point to be noticed is that Jeju has more confirmed patients who returned to Jeju from studying abroad like the other citied in Korea. No. 7 to 12 are the cases except for No. 11, who is a family to No. 9. Considering No. 5 & 6 tested positive after coming back from taking a language course in Spain, all the infections in Jeju seem to have foreign origins.

 This makes me wonder what keep Jeju from getting community-acquired infection. Is it the government control, the cooperation of local people, or the clean and comparatively wet environment of Jeju?

The last novel coronavirus patient in Jeju is discharged from hosptal in Monday afternoon, the 23rd.

 According to Jeu Special Self-Governing Province, the patient, or No. 1 case confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus last month, was declared free from symptoms after two tests ended in negative. The medical team in charge of him concluded, therefore, he can leave the bed.

 But, he will be on further watch as he showed changing results between postive and negative before. Dr. Song Byunghul, director of Jeju National University Hospital, said "We will have him visit hospital every 2 or 3 weeks for testing whether he has a symptom or not."

 He added that people should keep the protective procedures as Jeju became the only place with no more confirmed cases today.

 Two cases of confirmed cononavirus patients may be a clue to evolving of the virus, an expert suggested.

 Dr. Bae Jong-myon, director of the Jeju Center for Infection Diseases and Prevention(JeCI), told reporters a hypothesis at the joint press conference of Jeju Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters held at the Jeju Special Self-governing Provincial Office on March 12th, according to Jeju Economy.

 This was given to a question that the 2 workers at the Guro Call Center were confrimed positive to tests but, still, showed no symptoms. Even the family of the 2nd woker's got tested negative.

 Dr. Bae explains "It seems that mutated viruses are spreading among people, that don't infect others but, instead, develop no symptoms.". He added "The viral detection with no symptoms may suggest that coronavirus is evolving to adapt to human body."

◆ The Coronavirus Seems Adapting to Human While Mutating

 This means that the 2 patients may have no infection on Jeju Island, according to him. "We need more tests to prove it, but family members who are in close contacts with the 2nd infected worker were tested negative, and she got positive on March 10th after having negative on March 9th. This may lead to a conclusion that it is highly improbable that she spreaded the virus while in Jeju." the director added. It is because she was possibly negative to the virus while she was traveling in Jeju, considering she got tested postive only after the 10th.

 He gave the cause of the result to the viral mutation. He said, "We are having more contamination with little visual symptoms. And, Wuhan(the epicenter in China) had many cases with the severe fever and coughing in the beginning, but very fewer cases with coughing now.". From this, he concluded "The (corona) virus came to Korea via lots of people, thus, it adaps to men. Like this, it has changed to see its genetic mutation."

 However, no symptom doesn't necessarily assure that you can be healed from the disease, he pointed out. Plus, it takes at least 2 days to have symptoms after the incubation period. So, there can be many interpretations about the possibility of infection.

 The director put an emphasis, as well, that it is time to change the quarantine strategies as 'no symptom' or 'little symptom' isn't a proof of the end of the coronavirus. It rather means that it is highly possible to get more contagious because it is hardly seen. He opined here "We should test every one from a city with mass infection, e.g. Daegu, within 14 days even when there is no symptom."

 This means that "We must ditch 'Get test when you have symptoms.', and introduce 'Go to a triage room if you are coming from a mass-infected city.'"

 As of March 11th, Jeju has 4 confirmed coronavirus patients. One of them was released from the hospital on March 7th. 73 are being tested, while 31 self-quarantined.

 The problem now is that a woman in her 40s, who was confirmed positive in Seoul, is known to have visited Jeju on March 7th, last Saturday. Dongjak-gu Community Health Center informed Jeju of her infection and the itinerary, which is as below. Further investigation is going on.

 It seems important to find out if

1. She has any connection with the cult

2. Why she visited Jeju when she had symptoms

3. She had no companion

●Wed, 4th

- Had coughing and sore throat

- Had lunch in Noryangjin1-dong(삼삼돈까스)

- 1:40pm went to have a job interview in Yeongdeungpo-gu

- Went to her work place(call-center), Daiso Noryangjin by the bus, visited her brother, and came back home

●Thu. 5th

- 9:00am went to work

- 6:00pm left the work

●Fri. 6th

- Spent the last day at work

●Sat. 7th

- 8:45am left for Jeju on OZ8915 (2 cabin crew + 23 passengers)

- 10:13am ~ 10:24am went to Jeju Bus Terminal by the bus(No. 466)

- 10:25am ~ 11:00am had luch at a buffet restaurant(제주기사정식뷔페식당) (1 worker + 2 guests)

- 11:00am ~ 11:24am waited for bus at the terminal

- 11:24am ~ 1:03pm took a bus(No. 201) to Gwangchigi beach

- 1:03pm ~ 1:32pm stayed at the beach

- 1:32pm ~ 2:11pm took a bus(No. 201) to Dongsung-dong

- 2:11pm ~ 2:25pm looked around a canola field

- 2:25pm ~ 2:39pm took a bus(No. 201) to Hamdeok (1 driver)

- 2:39pm ~ 2:50pm looked around Hamdeok beach

- 2:50pm ~ 3:00pm visited U-dream Mart Hamdeok

- 3:00pm ~ 6:30pm went to the cafe at Poemhouse Pension (1 worker)

- 6:33pm ~ 6:45pm had ramen at GS25 Hamdeok Golden Tulip (1 worker + 1 customer)

- 7:07pm ~ 7:26pm took a bus(No. 311) to Hwabuk Nammun

- 7:33pm ~ 8:04pm took a bus(No. 331) to Jeju Int'l Airport (1 driver)

- 9:10pm took OZ8996 to Seoul

●Sun. 8th

- Stayed home all day

●Mon. 9th

- Went to the Health Center to get a test

Jeju Tourism Organization official English promotion channel posted notice as below as worries deepen on the spike of the numbers of confirmed patients and deaths from it.
Please, read it through, and keep your health.

 The man who contacted the COVID19 patient No. 31 was diagnosed as 'negative' to tests, Jeju Special Self-governing Provincial Office(Jeju) on Friday announced.

 Jeju Institute of Health and Environment confirmed it as of 4:20 pm on Thursday after running tests on the suspect, Jeju explained. He was said to have contacted the No. 31 before he came to Jeju on February 10th.

 Jeju advised him to stay home for self-quaranteen until the 24th. Jeju also asked his housemate to do same.

 Aside from this case, Jeju found a Navy soldier(22) who was recently in Daegu has tested potitive for COVID19 and is quarantined at a local hospital, visitjeju.en(the official English channel on instagram of Jeju Tourism organization) posted this day.

 He told Jeju that he visited Daegu on Feb. 13th on his leave and returned to Jeju on Feb. 18th. He is from Daegu, Jeju added. He was wearing a mask all the way from Daegu Int'l Airport. He took a taxi to his residency near the airport. He got his symptoms on Feb. 19th with itchy throat and coughing, which made the base separate him from the other soldiers. Next day, he went to Special Clinic at Halla Hospital and got 'positive' on the test.

■ 제주특별자치도가 코로나19 확진 판정을 받은 대구 지역 31번 확진자와 접촉한 도내 30대 남성이 도 보건환경연구원 진단 결과, 최종 음성 판정을 받았다고 밝혔다.

■ 도는 오늘(20일) 오전 9시 40분 경 질병관리정보시스템을 통해 대구시 중앙역학조사관 조사 결과 A씨가 대구 체류 중 31번 확진자와 접촉했다는 사실을 통보 받았다.

❍ 도는 의심사례 2유형*으로 간주해 선제적 대응 차원에서 2월 20일 11시 20분 경 보건소 구급차로 서귀포의료원에 이송해 검체 채취를 실시했으며, 보건환경연구원 검사 의뢰 결과 오후 16시 20분에 음성 판정 결과를 확인했다.

* 코로나19 대응지침 제6판 의사환자 2번: 확진환자의 증상발생 기간 중 확진환자와 접촉한 후 14일 이내에 발열 또는 호흡기증상(기침, 인후통 등)이 나타난 자

■ 특히 A씨의 코로나19 감염 여부를 파악하기 위한 상세 면담을 진행한 결과, 해당 남성은 지난 2월 9일까지 대구에서 거주하다 2월 10일 제주로 왔으며, 2월 11일부터는 도내 직장에 근무 중인 것으로 파악됐다.

■ 도는 의심사례 2 유형에 따라 검사결과 판정 시까지 서귀포의료원에 해당 남성을 격리 조치했으며 현재 음성 판정을 받았으나 오는 24일까지 A씨에게 자가 격리를 명령했다.

❍ 현재 A씨는 코로나19 관련 증상은 없는 상태이다.

❍ 또한 도는 접촉자와 함께 생활 중인 동료에 대해서도 대중교통 이용 자제 및 외출 자제를 권고하고 개인위생 교육을 철저히 준수할 것을 요청했다.

■ 현재까지 제주에서 코로나19 감염 검사대상자는 오전 10시 기준 총 171명(148명 음성)이며, 현재 검사가 진행 중인 23명을 제외하고 모두 음성판정을 받았다.

■ 도는 ‘감염병 확진자 제로(Zero)’로 청정지역을 유지하고 있지만, 지역사회 감염 확산에 대한 도민 우려가 높은 만큼 제주국제공항 국내선 도착장에 발열감시카메라를 추가로 설치하고 청정 제주지역 사수를 위해 만전을 기할 방침이다.

❍ 원희룡 지사는 이와 관련해 오늘 오후 제주국제공항을 찾아 국내선 입국장 발열검사에 대한 현장 점검에 나섰다.

❍ 이어 내일 오전에는 제주보건소를 방문해 지역사회 감염 방지를 위한 방역 대책 현황과 애로사항 등을 청취할 예정이다.

■ 제주특별자치도는 20일 오후 4시 30분경 신종코로나바이러스 감염증-19 양성 반응자를 확인했다고 밝혔다.

❍ 첫 양성 반응자로 밝혀진 남성은 지난 2월 13일 군부대 휴가를 위해 대구를 방문했다가 18일에 다시 입도한 대구광역시민으로 22세 남성으로 확인됐다.

❍ 22세 남성은 입도 후 부대 앞 편의점을 방문한 뒤 바로 공항 인근 부대로 복귀한 것으로 파악됐다.

❍ 해당 남성은 마스크를 착용해서 대구공항, 항공기, 제주공항, 택시를 이용해 제주공항 옆 항공부대로 이동했으며, 시내 이동은 없는 것으로 파악됐다.

❍ 지난 19일부터 목이 간지럽고 기침 증상이 나타나 바로 부대에서 격리조치가 이뤄졌다.

❍ 이어 그는 20일 한라병원 선별진료소로 내원해 선별진료소에서 1차 검사를 진행으로 양성 판정을 받았으며, 질병관리본부에서 2차 검사를 진행할 예정이다.

 도는 현재 역학조사관 즉시 대응팀을 출동시켜, 동선 확인에 나서고 있다.

 A Jeju resident have contacted the 31st COVID19 patient confirmed in Daegu, Jeju Special Self-governing Provincial Office(Jeju) announced on Thursday.

 Jeju held an official briefing at the press room revealing that it got a notice from Korea Center for Disease Control&Prevention(KCDC) at 9:30 am this day, and it is on epidemiological investigation. The suspect, who is only disclosed as a man in his 30s, is analyzed to have met the No. 31 at a church in Daegu. The church is known to be the source of massive contagion.

 He doesn't show any symptom, yet, and denies visiting the building, Jeju added. So, they are checking his statement, and planning to run COVID19 test.

 So far, Jeju has done tests on 152 suspects, 140 of them confirmed as negative and 12 under screening, as of 9:00 am of this day.

 As COVID19 patients increase, Jeju furthers epidemioogical tests by executing them on people whom doctors get a suspicion of the symptoms and hospitalized patients from pneumonia of unknown reason, effective as of 9:00 am today. This is a more active preemptive measure to prevent the disease from being spreaded after 13 days from the beginning of the 5th version of response manual on February 7th.

 (Everybody, stay healthy! Call 1339(KCDC) and press number '4' to get connected to 1330(Tour Info Center) for foreging language service if you have any question or symptom of COVID19)