From the 11th, airport quarantine for Koreans and foreigners entering Korea from China, Hong Kong, and Macau has become much easier. All remaining quarantine measures, such as pre-entry inspections, have been lifted.
As of this day (11th), the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Corona 19 has lifted all remaining quarantine measures for entrants from China, Hong Kong, and Macau, such as pre-entry inspection and quarantine information pre-entry system (Q-CODE, Q-code). made with
Previously, on the 1st, the government lifted the PCR test and the unification of arrival airports after entering the country for entrants from China. In the three days immediately before the test was maintained after entry (26-28 of last month), the positive rate of entrants was only 0.7%.
It was the position that the pre-entry inspection and Q-code input obligations would be decided after examining the impact of easing quarantine measures by the 10th.
Afterwards, the script said on the 8th, “The situation of Corona 19 in China continued to be stable for more than a month after the Lunar New Year holiday, and as a result of genome analysis of China at home and abroad, it was confirmed that no new mutations that cause concern have occurred.”
The central script said, “The decision was made based on the judgment that the situation of Corona 19 in China has reached a stable state.”
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in China in the week fell sharply from 40,475,000 in the fourth week of December to 77,000 in the fourth week of February.
Meanwhile, the government plans to finalize a detailed transition plan for the remaining quarantine measures, such as diagnostic tests and mandatory 7-day quarantine in case of confirmation, in March.
In late April or early May, we plan to discuss ways to downgrade the COVID-19 crisis level from the current serious level to ‘alert’. In addition, it plans to announce a mid- to long-term plan for preparing for and responding to a new infectious disease pandemic in early May.
Source: Donga
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