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An increasing number of countries are strengthening quarantine measures for entrants from China.

Following India and Japan, the United States also announced that from the 5th of next month, all arrivals from China over the age of 2 will be required to undergo a corona test two days before departure.



Seung-mo Nam is a correspondent in Washington.



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As the Chinese government decided to ease restrictions on entry and exit, which had been implemented as a COVID-19 quarantine policy from the 8th of next month, governments around the world were in an emergency.



Above all, it is because the spread of Corona 19 in China is not serious.



[Howard Bernstein/Beijing Integrated Family Hospital Doctor: The hospital is full from the top floor to the bottom floor.

As if no one knew (this would happen), nothing was prepared.

There were no stockpiled medicines.]



As a result, Japan decided to test all arrivals from China starting tomorrow (30th), and India, Taiwan, and Italy also made it mandatory for people arriving from China to be tested for COVID-19. .



The United States has also stepped up quarantine measures.



A CDC official from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that starting on the 5th of next month, Corona 19 testing will be mandatory two days before departure for all air passengers over the age of 2 departing from China, including Hong Kong and Macau.



The official explained that a gene amplification PCR test or antigen self-test is required for all arrivals from China, regardless of nationality or vaccination status.



In particular, he pointed out Incheon International Airport as one of the airports with a large number of transfer passengers to the United States and mentioned the need for inspection.



China emphasized that each country's quarantine measures should be scientific.



[Wang Wenbin/Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson: China always believes that each country's quarantine measures should be scientific and appropriate, and should not affect normal human traffic



. The lack of data and the decrease in testing and reporting on it indicated that the cause of this action was on the Chinese side.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)