Chinanews.com, April 3rd. According to a Korean media report, South Korea ’s Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 3rd that as of 00:00 that day, South Korea has added 86 new cases of new crown pneumonia confirmed from 00:00 the previous day, and a total of 10062 confirmed cases. This is also 74 days after the first confirmed patient appeared in South Korea, and the number of confirmed cases was over 10,000.
At the same time, so far, South Korea has accumulated 174 deaths from new coronary pneumonia.
With the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic around the world, the number of imported cases outside Korea has gradually increased. Since the beginning of this week, the number of imported cases outside Korea has been between 40 and 60.
From April 1, South Korea requires all immigrants to be quarantined for two weeks. South Korea ’s Ministry of Justice said on the 2nd that after the implementation of the new policy, eight foreigners who arrived in South Korea did not comply with the isolation policy and had been banned from entering.
South Korea ’s Central Accident Handling Division ’s copy director, Kim Kwang-li, said on the 2nd that the number of imported cases has continued to increase, and will strengthen airport entry inspections and quarantine measures. All immigrants will be sent to designated locations as soon as the virus test result is positive.
South Korean Prime Minister Ding Shijun has also repeatedly stated that he has "zero tolerance" for those who violate the isolation policy.
In addition, the Korean government on the 2nd made a positive evaluation of the effectiveness of the measures to strictly observe social distances, and stated that it will strive to announce this week whether to extend its implementation period and future guidelines for living epidemic prevention.
The government previously designated March 22 to this month as a strict social distance period and advised public entertainment venues to suspend operations, and the general public to cancel or postpone gatherings, travel, and work from home.