Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun said on the 16th, regarding the pandemic (global pandemic) aspect of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), "the government first expanded the application of special immigration procedures to all over Europe from 00:00 of this day."

At the meeting of the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquartered at the Seoul Metropolitan Government Building on this day, Prime Minister Chung said, “The spread of Corona 19 centered on Europe is not serious.” "Please consider as soon as possible if further action is needed."

The day before, the government decided to expand the target countries for special immigration procedures, which are currently applied to domestic entrants from nine countries, including Italy, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and China, Japan, and Iran.

In accordance with the judgment that the application of special entry procedures for specific countries in the phase of pandemic (global pandemic) will not have much significance, the government action on this day seems to be the procedure to expand the application of special entry procedures worldwide.

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