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Today, the number of new corona patients is expected to be in the late 90s.

As of 9 p.m., the number of re-infections is on the decline, with 34,000 fewer people than at the same time last week.

The government is considering abolishing pre-entry inspections when entering Korea from nearby countries such as Japan and China.



This is Yoo Seung-hyun, medical reporter.



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order to enter Korea, you must submit a negative confirmation letter by taking a professional rapid antigen test within 24 hours of boarding or a PCR test within 48 hours.



[Moon Kyung-sook / Resident of Japan: She came to see her 94- or 95-year-old mother, and it's so hard to check this.

How can I get out (to Korea) because it’s difficult?]



[Shin Seon-ok, Song Im-gyu/Immigration from Germany: I didn’t have (test results) so I went back 2 hours later, and I didn’t post it.

Now that I think about it, (pre-entry inspection) is no longer necessary.]



Among the 38 OECD countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Korea and Japan are the only countries that issue negative confirmation prior to entry.



From the 7th of next month, Japan will also remove the obligation to submit negative certificates for those who have received the third or more doses.



Our government is still cautious.



[Koh Jae-young / Spokesperson of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: We are reviewing how to adjust the pre-entry inspection in comprehensive consideration of the impact on quarantine in the future.

It is scheduled to be announced after consultation with the relevant ministries.]



The government is known to be discussing abolition of testing from short-distance travel destinations such as China and Japan.



In order to prevent the spread of infection, we are also considering strengthening the quarantine standards, such as reducing the intake of meals and drinks on airplanes and ships.



[Park Hyang/Central Accident Control Headquarters Head of Quarantine Prevention: In particular, there are various things to consider because traveling by plane is taking place in an enclosed space, such as meals.] The



number of confirmed cases imported from overseas, which increased to 629 a day this month, was 369 .

reduced to people.



The proportion of confirmed cases among overseas arrivals is in the low 1% range.



However, there are also arguments that the abolition of the test should be delayed in consideration of the fact that the highly contagious mutant virus is being introduced through overseas travelers.