The second confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in Jeju.
A female patient in her twenties who is employed at a local hotel was tested positive for the virus on the 22nd after making a trip to her hometown, (대구) Daegu City.
The province has temporarily closed down the hotel and is in the process of identifying her travel route.

Joseph Kim reports.


The second case of the COVID-19 virus was reported on the following day of the first case confirmation in Jeju.

The 22-year-old female patient works for WE Hotel in (회수동) Hoesu-dong, Seogwipo.

She flew to her hometown, (대구) Daegu, on February 13th and returned to the island on the 16th.

She visited Seogwipo (열린) Yeolrin Hospital in the afternoon of the 21st as she had symptoms of cough and fever beginning on the 19th.

The hospital sent her specimen to the Jeju Public Health and Environment Research Institute, and the institute confirmed the sample positive early on the morning of the 22nd.

Soon, her specimen was delivered to and reviewed by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. KCDC also confirmed the sample positive.

She is quarantined in a negative pressure room at the Jeju National University Hospital.

The WE Hotel, where the patient was working at, has been temporarily closed.

Her mother has been quarantined at home.
Local authorities are identifying her travel route in Jeju.

Meanwhile, the island’s first infected patient is also being treated at a negative pressure room at the Jeju National University Hospital and his condition is reportedly stable.



Joseph Kim, KCTV