As the new coronavirus infectious disease (Corona19) spread around the world, mainly in Europe, the government expanded the target countries for special immigration procedures throughout Europe from today.

The government is reviewing plans to expand the countries subject to special immigration procedures to all countries around the world after discussing related ministries.

From the 16th, the Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters announced that it will apply the special immigration procedures that have been applied to existing flights from six European countries to all passengers in and out of Europe.

As a result, special immigration procedures apply even for direct flights departing from Europe, such as Poland and Russia, and via Dubai.

The government was applying special immigration procedures to travelers from six European countries and nine countries, including China, Japan, and Iran, to enter Korea to prevent the inflow of Corona19.

At the regular briefing held at the Sejong Government Complex on the same day, Kim Gang-lip, the 1st General Coordinator of the Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters (Ministry of Health and Welfare), said, I took action. ”

“With this, we are also considering how to apply the special immigration procedures to all immigrants universally,” said Kim. “Today, we plan to comprehensively discuss the effectiveness, necessity, and implementation plans through the working-level meetings of related ministries.” It was added.

"If the special immigration process is expanded, the immigration process will be difficult and there will be inconveniences such as increased waiting time, but I would like to ask for understanding and cooperation between the citizens and foreign immigrants," Kim said.

As a result of the government's quarantine of immigrants from Europe, three confirmed cases occurred on the 13th and 14th of the month.

As of 00:00 on that day, as a result of quarantine of 1,391 special immigrants from Europe, 76 people (71 Koreans) showed symptoms and took samples and diagnosed tests.

Special Entry Procedures Entrants should be tested for fever on a one-to-one basis and should be informed in advance of any suspected symptoms of corona19, such as coughing, sputum or sore throat.

During the immigration process, quarantine officers check for special quarantine reports.

In addition, it is necessary to install an 'self-diagnostic application (app)' that can report the address and phone number of staying in Korea and report the health status of oneself on mobile.

If you report 'there are related symptoms' for more than two days, the health center will determine whether the patient is a suspect and guide you through a diagnostic test.