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As of yesterday (3rd), 1 out of 4 short-term stayers who were tested at the airport among entrants from China were confirmed as corona.
Starting today, travelers arriving from China will be restricted from boarding the plane unless they have a negative confirmation document.
The first news, medical reporter Yoo Seung-hyun reports.
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The number of passengers who entered the country through Incheon International Airport on the 3rd was 1,137, up from 85 the previous day.
Among them, 281 were classified as short-term foreigners and received PCR tests at the airport, and 73 were confirmed.
The positive rate is 26%, 1 in 4 people, which is higher than the first day positive rate of 20.4%.
It is expected that the number will rise further if the results of examinations at local public health centers are counted within one day of arrival for Koreans and long-term residents.
Since last month, the proportion of confirmed cases from China among imported cases has increased, and in the recent week, it has risen to 41.9%.
With the mandatory inspection of entrants from China, the number of confirmed cases imported from abroad has also increased.
More than 100 people increased in one day, the most in 94 days.
Of these, 76% were from China.
From today, it is also compulsory for travelers arriving from China to submit PCR within 48 hours before boarding or to submit a negative confirmation of rapid antigen test by medical staff within 24 hours.
From the weekend, arrivals from Hong Kong and Macau must also bring a negative certificate to board the flight.
[Lim Sook-young/Chief of Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters: We investigate whether all the contents of the PCR confirmation form are properly written at the quarantine station, and we investigate at the quarantine stage to see if these are inappropriate.] For
confirmed cases from China, domestic Only BA.5, BF.7, and BN.1 mutations that were already circulating were detected.
(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin, CG: Kim Hong-sik)