In Jeju, the summer peak season, concerns about the spread of Corona 19 by visitors have become reality.

Jeju Island is tightening the string of tension as new Corona19 infected people appear in Hallim-eup, a famous tourist attraction that tourists visit, while around 30,000 tourists visit the island during the peak summer season.

Initially, the number of confirmed patients is small, but if it spreads to tourist spots and so on through the so-called'n-th infection' ring, the number of confirmed patients can quickly increase.

According to the quarantine authorities, n-th infection refers to a series of infections in which a second infection occurs by the spread of a virus to another contact by a confirmed person, and a second infection by a second infection by another contact.

However, the n-th infection is a case in which the quarantine authority identifies and manages the source of infection, and is different from the case of a regional infection in which an infected person continues in the area beyond the control of the quarantine authority.

Symptoms of manifestation After visiting a family living in Jeju on the 9th to 14th, four additional confirmed cases have occurred in Jeju to date due to Mr. A in his 70s confirmed at Corona 19 in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

Of the four additional confirmed persons, two are of the A family, and the other two are one of the Havin Sauna employees (bath managers) and the general restaurant (Jeong-Dong Sarangbang), where the A family operates.

In particular, when the sauna bath manager in the province is confirmed, early prevention is provided to prevent the occurrence of n-th infection mainly among sauna guests, and efforts are being made to identify contacts and movement lines.

As the family of one of the second infected persons is engaged in fisheries, the fisheries industry is strengthening quarantine centering on Hallym Fisheries.

In order to allow residents of Hallym area to receive the Corona 19 test as early as possible, a separate clinic was established at Hallym Stadium in addition to the existing one clinic.

The province also strengthened its management to comply with quarantine regulations such as wearing a mask at conventional markets and Hyeopjae Beach, which are tourist destinations in the Hallym area.

A collective restraint order was also issued to ban drinking and eating at night at the Hyeopjae Beach.

The Provincial Office of Education decided to take remote classes at all schools in Hallymum and stop schooling and after school.

In Jeju, one family (11 in the province) was infected with Corona 19 in April by the 20s who had been to South America.

At that time, the authorities also immediately quarantined the 11th infected person who had the second infection and prevented the third infection, another infection by self-containing the contacts.

The province has been emphasizing the prevention of tourist destinations and the observance of the prevention regulations for tourists since last month before the peak season of summer tourism.

A lawsuit was also filed against the mother and daughter of Gangnam-gu and Ansan citizens who traveled to Jeju Island while eating antipyretic drugs.

Governor Won Hee-ryong asked the Jeju tourists to comply with the quarantine regulations, saying, “Jeju is the home of 700,000 residents and a healing place for the people, not the Corona 19 refuge” through the talks during the peak summer season.  

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