Corona 19 inspection center located in Incheon International Airport’s 2nd passenger terminal. yunhap news
The government has once again extended the suspension of operations for flights departing from the UK to block the influx of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) mutant virus into the country.
According to the officials and the website of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK on the 27th, the government has extended the suspension of operations for direct flights departing from the UK, scheduled for the 28th, for an additional two weeks until the 11th of next month.
The government temporarily suspended flights departing from Heathrow Airport in London and arriving at Incheon International Airport from December 23 to 31 last year, as mutant viruses were reported one after another in the UK.
The quarantine authorities are reinforcing the quarantine management of foreign immigrants as a mutant virus, which is known to have a stronger spread than the existing virus, has recently spread in the UK and South Africa (South Africa).
Since last month, the quarantine authorities have lowered the fever standard applied during the immigration quarantine process from 37.5 degrees to 37.3 degrees and require all foreign visitors to undergo diagnostic tests twice, within 3 days after entry and before quarantine.
In particular, visitors from the UK, South Africa, and Brazil are required to submit a gene amplification (PCR) negative certificate for both domestic and foreign nationals, and are moved to a temporary living facility to conduct tests after entering the country. It was found that he was infected with a mutant virus. Among them, 19 people were infected with the mutant virus from the UK, 5 were infected with the mutant in South Africa, and 3 were infected with the mutant virus from Brazil.
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