The first day to strengthen quarantine for immigrants from the United States yesterday (27th) was 12,94 people from the United States, among them 87 cases of coronavirus infection-19 (corona19).

86% of US immigrants were Koreans.

Tae-Ho Yoon, head of the Central Accident Remediation Headquarters, said at the regular briefing held at the government's Sejong office today (28th), "87 of the immigrants from the United States and 14 foreigners staying short-term were quarantined and tested at the airport." The.

"Currently, the results of the diagnostic tests are being counted," said Yoon. "If it is positive, we plan to transfer it to a hospital or living treatment center for treatment according to severity."

The government mandated a two-week self-quarantine for all entrants from the United States yesterday from 00:00 yesterday.

If you have respiratory symptoms such as fever or cough at the time of entry, you should undergo a diagnostic test at the airport.

If the result of the test is determined to be 'positive', it is transferred to a hospital or life treatment center for treatment.

If confirmed by voice, you will be discharged and self-quarantine for 14 days.

When entering, asylum-seekers and foreigners staying for a long period of time are subject to self-isolation for 14 days.

If symptoms occur during self-isolation, the corona19 is examined.

We do not support living expenses due to self-isolation of overseas immigrants.

More than 80% of Korean immigrants are Koreans.

As of yesterday, 1,109 (86%) of the 1,294 people from the United States were Koreans.

In addition, the government urged immigrants from the United States and Europe to strictly follow the rules of self-isolation.

“General concern about spreading to the local community is growing due to a series of cases in which immigrants who have recently arrived from abroad do not keep self-separation,” said Yoon. I did.

He added, "In case of violation, we will strictly deal with the principle of zero tolerance in accordance with the Infectious Disease Prevention and Quarantine Act."