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In the midst of this, it is difficult to say that we should prevent foreigners from entering the country. Even the President of the Korean Society of Infectious Diseases insisted that foreigners should be banned.

Then, at this point, how effective this will be, reporter Cho Dong-chan, a medical journalist.

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Chairman Baek Kyung-ran of the Korean Society of Infectious Diseases, said on his SNS that he should now ban foreign entry.

Many countries have already banned Koreans, especially domestic medical staff who are tired of treating foreigners.

Although the society drew the opinion that it was an individual opinion, opinions are pouring out that it is necessary to ban foreigners from entering the country online.

What about the effect of the ban on entry in a pandemic, a global pandemic?

In early February, an expert who objected to the ban on Chinese entry was still determined to have little effect on foreign immigration restrictions.

Of the 9,332 corona19 confirmed cases in Korea, I heard that 309 cases of foreign inflows were only 3.3%.

At the time, an expert who insisted on banning Chinese entry also predicted that the current domestic infection had already occurred, so it was not effective.

[Choi Jae-wook / Professor of the Department of Preventive Medicine of the Ancient University: At that time (beginning of February), blocking 100 people would have had the effect of blocking 4,000 people and 5,000 people. Therefore, the effect is not large.]

Of course, the rapid growth of patients in the United States and Europe requires careful attention.

However, as medical supplies such as the domestic medical personnel and intensive care units are reaching their limits, experts say that the priority of quarantine should be adjusted to the internal situation.

(Video editing: Jongwoo Kim)