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“Everyone arriving from England is quarantined on the 14th … Additional PCR test after launch”
“No corona 19 mutant virus has yet been found in Korea”
Crown Prince Charles of England visits a new coronavirus infectious disease (Corona 19) vaccination center at a Royal Hospital in Gloucestershire, England, on the 17th (local time) and encourages frontline medical staff to work. Gloucestershire AP / Yonhap News
The government has decided to temporarily suspend flights to the UK until the end of the year to block the national spread of the mutant virus of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in the UK. Yoon Tae-ho, Head of Accident Control Headquarters, said at a regular briefing in Corona 19 on the 23rd, saying: “To block the influx of the mutant virus found in the UK, we went through a meeting of ministries related yesterday afternoon and prepared a response plan. “We will temporarily suspend flight operations with the UK from today until the 31st,” said Yoon, general manager of quarantine. “We also stopped issuing quarantine waivers of our missions in the UK and we quarantined all those who entered the UK on the 14th. “When the quarantine is released, an additional genetic amplification test (PCR) is performed,” he said. He said: “For those arriving from the UK , we will strengthen immigration control and adjust the fever standard from 37.5 degrees to 37.3 degrees, and the flight attendants will perform full diagnostic tests. “We will check yes or no.” The mutant virus found in the UK is known to have a higher transmission power than the existing Corona 19 virus. Joon-wook Kwon, head of the 2nd Division of the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters, said in a briefing the day before, “Depending on the modeling technique, the propagation power appears to be around 57% or 70% in average”. There are about four flights a week from the UK to Korea. In the last two months, 15 of the UK participants have been confirmed, of which 11 are Korean and 4 are foreign. It was found that the mutant virus originating in the UK has yet to be discovered in Korea. “It appears that the mutant virus has yet to be found through genomic testing of people who have entered the country from the UK,” said Yoon, head of quarantine. Currently, most European countries such as Germany and Italy, and more than 50 countries around the world such as India and Hong Kong, restrict or prohibit entry from the UK. However, in the case of entering the country through another country instead of a direct flight to the United Kingdom, it is practically not easy to confirm the fact of staying in the United Kingdom. “There is a really complicated aspect” to the investigations in this regard, said Chief Quarantine General Manager Yun, “however, as the EU is cracking down on people leaving the UK, there may be cases where leaking through neighboring countries. ” Explained. He added: “Otherwise, there may be cases from the UK via the Middle East or Asian countries, but basically the entry into Korea is quarantined for 14 days, so it is considered that it can be controlled within the quarantine network “. The government announced that it plans to provide comprehensive guidance to UK immigrants from the quarantine stage. “Recently, quarantine measures for foreign immigrants have been well managed,” said Yoon, head of the quarantine department. Yunhap news
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