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Amid an increasing number of countries strengthening quarantine measures for entrants from China, where the number of corona confirmed cases is increasing significantly, our health authorities are also discussing ways to strengthen quarantine measures.
Measures such as requiring PCR test results for entrants from China are being reviewed.
This is reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
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In the past month, the proportion of people arriving from China among the confirmed cases of COVID-19 coming from overseas has increased rapidly.
Last month, 1.1% of the confirmed cases imported from abroad were from China, but this month, that rate rose to 14.2%.
As China transitioned from zero corona to with corona, the rapid increase in confirmed cases had an impact.
Our health authorities have strengthened the fever standard for travelers arriving from China by lowering it from 37.5 degrees to 37.3 degrees, and conducting a genome-wide genome analysis on all confirmed cases from China to monitor for mutant viruses.
[Lim Sook-young/Bang Dae-bon, General Manager of Sanghwal General Staff: Among those who have entered the country from China, we conduct whole-length genome analysis for all confirmed cases.]
The quarantine authorities opened a National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee from 5:00 a little while ago We are discussing additional quarantine measures.
A plan to test all arrivals for corona, like Japan, and a plan to make testing mandatory two days before departure, like the United States, are being reviewed.
Based on the contents reviewed today, the government plans to announce a strengthened quarantine plan after discussing it at the main script meeting tomorrow morning.