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Among foreigners who came to work in Korea, there were about 20 confirmed cases of Corona. After treatment, if it is confirmed that the result is negative, you can work as planned, but the problem is that it is not easy to find someone else because of the corona virus in the field where labor is urgent right now.



Reporter Jung Chang-young of G1 Broadcasting covered the story.



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98 foreign workers of Kyrgyzstan nationality who entered through Incheon International Airport were admitted to a quarantine center for overseas arrivals in Hongcheon.



Gangwon-do conducted diagnostic tests on them, and of these, 19, or 20%, were confirmed with presumed omicron mutations.



As testing is still in progress, the number of confirmed cases is expected to increase.



Fortunately, he was quarantined immediately after entering the country, and there were no domestic contacts.



[Dong-Joo Dong / Gangwon Province Health and Welfare Women's Bureau: (in Gangwon-do) Because we signed a contract with a bus company and transported from the airport to the quarantine facility by quarantine bus... .]



Most of these foreign workers entered Korea to work in factories or rural farms in Gangwon-do under the Ministry of Employment and Labor's entry permit system.



If it goes as planned, you can go to the site in ten days, but it is expected that it will take a lot more time to check the voice after making a full recovery.



Due to Corona, the issuance of visas for foreign workers is limited, so it is not possible to find other workers as easily as in the past.



Small factories and rural areas, where there are no immediate workers, pay high labor costs and hire locals, but they are reaching their limits.



[Farmhouses employing foreign workers: (Before Corona) I worked effortlessly, but now foreigners have not been able to enter (Korea) for two years, so the labor cost has increased by about 40%.

It's really hard.]



The quarantine authorities took out a card to strengthen quarantine for overseas travelers.



For overseas travelers, the submission of a PCR test negative confirmation was reduced from 72 hours to 48 hours, and when traveling, they were asked to use the quarantine transportation network equipped with a plastic barrier.



(Video coverage: Shin Hyun-geol G1 Broadcasting)