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the future, there are a lot of changes in the quarantine, inspection, and treatment systems, but I will tell you in turn.

First, from the 21st, if you have been vaccinated, you do not need to quarantine when you enter Korea from abroad.

In addition, if the rapid antigen test is positive at the hospital, it is immediately recognized as confirmed without PCR test.



Reporter Park Soo-jin reports.



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Those arriving from overseas whose quarantine will be lifted from the 21st are those who have been vaccinated.



Those who received the 3rd dose within 180 days from 14 days after the 2nd dose, and those who were confirmed and cured after the 2nd dose.



Even if you have been vaccinated abroad, you do not need to quarantine if you register in the domestic quarantine system.



Those who have not been vaccinated and who have entered from 4 countries exempt from quarantine will be quarantined for 7 days as now.



[Lee Ki-il/Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: Considering the level of risk by country and the domestic quarantine situation, please notify that if you are entering from a high-risk country, even those who have been vaccinated will be subject to quarantine.]



Corona vaccine due to side effects People who cannot receive the vaccine and children under the age of 12 who are not subject to vaccination should be quarantined.



However, children under the age of 6 are exempt from isolation if their guardians have completed vaccination.



Also, starting next month, all overseas arrivals will be able to use public transportation.



There is also a change in the inspection system.



If you receive a 'professional' rapid antigen test at a hospital and are positive, it is immediately recognized as confirmed without PCR test.



From next Monday to April 13, only one month takes precedence.



Self-examination is not applicable.



This is because professional use has a high positive predictive rate of 94.7%, and diagnosis and treatment may be delayed if only relying on PCR tests, which delay notification of results due to the large number of tests.



[Lee Ki-il/Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: After receiving the test, you can receive treatment at a respiratory medical institution.

If you are an elderly person over 60, you will receive a prescription for an oral treatment.] If the



rapid antigen test is positive, you must go into quarantine right away even before you receive a notification from the public health center.



(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, video editing: Kim Byung-jik, CG: Choi Ha-neul)