Prime Minister Chung Se-gyun insisted that more than 380,000 unregistered foreigners residing in Korea should be provided with masks without worrying about their status and be treated at health centers or medical groups.

At the meeting of the Corona 19 Central Disaster Safety Policy Headquarters held today (29th) at the Seoul Government Complex, Prime Minister Chung said, “If you drive out and crack down unregistered foreigners as illegal immigrants, there is a concern that the blind spot will grow bigger.” Revealed.

Prime Minister Chung cited Singapore as an example of a rapid increase in the number of cases where unregistered foreigners said it was a blind spot for Corona 19. Foreign workers' dormitories in poor conditions, such as enclosed living spaces and lack of quarantine supplies, were the reason for the spread of collective infection.

In addition, in terms of the living environment of unregistered foreigners, Prime Minister Chung said that Korea is not very different from Singapore, and that they have a high probability of not going to a screening clinic even if there are suspicious symptoms.

In response, Prime Minister Chung insisted, "We must focus on expanding medical accessibility so that infections can be prevented and early diagnoses can be identified." The government and public health center officials were ordered to strengthen the protection of foreigners in densely populated areas and to ensure that the supply of masks was not disrupted.

In addition, he emphasized that it is important to approach unregistered foreigners from the perspective of quarantine and medical treatment, as it can provoke hatred towards foreigners if they are cracked down on immigration control.

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