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Corona 19, an infectious disease that originated in Wuhan, China, is a global emergency. So far, more than 79000 people have been identified. Most of the cases were from China, but the number of patients in Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran is growing rapidly. In particular, Korea has 977 confirmed doctors, the world's second only to China. As a result, more and more countries prohibit or restrict Koreans from entering the country. Even China, the first affected country, stepped up quarantine for South Koreans, and then forced quarantines in Weihai, Shandong.

Reporter Seong-Yeong Chung First, let's talk about it.

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Buses line up in front of the Weihai Daugaibo Airport in Shandong Province, and people who meet the passengers are told to return.

[Go home right now. It's no use waiting here.]

In this situation, a flight from Incheon to Jeju Air arrived at Weihai at 11 am.

More than 160 passengers, including 19 Koreans, got off the plane but could not reach their destination.

[Chinese Passengers: All are quarantined. Don't let me go. I put a line and surround it.]

Weihai City authorities transported more than 160 passengers to a quarantine bus and moved them to containment.
It is China's first enforcement action against people coming from Korea.

Two of the foreign passengers had a fever, but those who had not been informed beforehand were embarrassed.

[Isolated Communities: Quarantine The crew informed me when the plane arrived in Weihai. There was no prior notice.]

Nineteen Korean passengers arriving at a hotel were assigned to a single room divided into 8th, 9th and 10th floors.

[Isolated Gyomin: I was instructed not to go out and talk about anything I needed.]

Weihai officials said they had to be quarantined for 14 days, but our consulate asked to release the quarantine if there were no symptoms after 2-3 days of observation.

(Video Editing: Kim Ho Jin)

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<Anchor>

Beijing to connect.

Correspondent Jeong Seong-yeop, has any additional news regarding those quarantined in Weihai?

<Reporter>

It was said that we had received instructions from Weihai City authorities.

First of all, I asked them where they have been in Korea for the last 14 days. Tomorrow (26th), they have been tested for infection and can return home.


In fact, it's been said yesterday that there will be forced containment.

Our diplomatic source says that Weihai has no further confirmations for 12 consecutive days, but after two more days he can declare a clean area after 14 days.

That's why we have to justify the constraints of economic activity, Weihai says.

Chinese officials today announced that they will fully normalize economic activity in the low-risk areas of Corona19.

<Anchor>

Do you see any possibility of extending these measures in other parts of China?

<Reporter>

Koreans and expatriates returning to Beijing from South Korea must self-contain for two weeks.

The Yancheng Korean autonomous province has also announced that people coming from Korea will have separate passages for the airport and will not accept Korean tourists.

Qingdao also took a bus to people from Korea and sent it home.

Right now I'm mainly in Korea and many other areas, but this could be expanded.

The number of new admittances in China has decreased a lot, and President Xi Jinping's economic goals are also improving, which means areas that are trying to declare normalization as soon as possible can tighten restrictions.

The Hong Kong government also banned foreigners from South Korea or visiting Korea within the last two weeks.

<Anchor>

And what was the Chinese media claiming in detail that Korea is more dangerous now?

<Reporter>

Korea is one of the most serious countries in the world, but there is no strong countermeasures.

Hushijin, the editor-in-chief of the media, also argued that people coming from Korea should be quarantined for 14 days.

It appears to be trying to divert China's criticism of its initial failure to respond, but that's not what China can say right now.

(Video coverage: Choi Duk-hyun, Video editing: Jeon Min-kyu)