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As the number of patients continues to increase in Europe and the United States, the government has added a number of countries that require special immigration procedures. From the dawn of today (16th), the whole of Europe has been targeted, and soon we are also considering ways to expand the scope to all countries.

Reporter Park Chan-beom will deliver this.

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The government expanded the target countries for special immigration procedures throughout Europe from 00:00 today.

It includes not only 20 countries in the European Union, but also non-European countries such as Russia.

[Kim Kang-lip / Ministry of Health and Welfare: Special immigration procedures are also applied to direct flights departing from all over Europe such as Poland and Russia and via Dubai.]

Immigrants from Europe are subject to the quarantine procedures that are currently applied to those coming from China.

First, you must record your address and phone number and submit a health questionnaire.

[Kim Yeon-ji / German immigrants: I have my number on the form. You called directly in front of me to see if the number is correct.]

Also, after installing the government's self-diagnosis app on your phone, you must enter your health status for 14 days.

[Choi Han-ji / I arrived in Germany: Finally, I checked it three times in such a way that it was laid without really deleting (app).]

Quarantine officials estimate that 50 of the corona19 confirmed patients in Korea have been infected overseas and have entered the country.

In particular, 22 cases were confirmed after visiting 8 European countries, including 8 in Italy and 6 in France.

Four cases were confirmed during the recent special immigration procedures for six European countries.

[Kwak Jin / Director, Patient Management Team, Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters: Of the 50 people classified as cases of foreign influx, 42 are Koreans and 8 are foreigners.]

Quarantine authorities are also considering ways to strengthen the current special entry process and expand the target countries to the world.

(Video coverage: Park Hyun-cheol · Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jong-mi, CG: Announcement)

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