“All those arriving from the UK are quarantined on the 14th… Additional PCR test upon release”
“No corona 19 mutant virus has been found in Korea yet”
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 first-line 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 domestic spread of the new coronavirus infectious disease (Corona 19) mutant virus in the UK. Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said at a regular briefing on Corona 19 on the 23rd, saying, “To block the influx of the mutant virus found in the UK, we went through a meeting of related ministries yesterday afternoon and prepared a response plan.” “We will temporarily suspend flight operations with the UK from today until the 31st,” said Yoon, quarantine general manager. “We also stopped issuing quarantine exemptions from our missions in the UK and quarantined all those entering the UK on the 14th. When the quarantine is released, an additional gene amplification (PCR) test is performed. He said, “For those arriving from the UK, we will strengthen the immigration screening and adjust the fever standard from 37.5 degrees to 37.3 degrees, and the flight attendants perform full diagnostic tests.” We will check whether or not.” It is known that the mutant virus found in the UK has 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 at a briefing the previous day, “According to the modeling technique, the propagation power appears to be about 57% or 70% on average,” and “I am very worried.” There are about four flights a week from the UK to Korea. In the last two months, 15 of the entrants from the UK have been confirmed, of which 11 are Koreans and 4 are foreigners. It was found that the mutant virus originating in the UK has not yet been discovered in Korea. “It seems that the mutant virus has not yet been found through genome 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 ban entry from the UK. However, in the case of entering the country via another country rather than a direct flight to the UK, it is practically not easy to confirm the fact of staying in the UK. “There is a realistically tricky aspect” to the inquiries in this regard. Explained. He added, “Otherwise, there may be cases from the UK through the Middle East or Asian countries, but basically, entering Korea is quarantined for 14 days, so it is judged that it can be controlled within the quarantine network.” The government introduced that it plans to provide thorough guidance to immigrants from the UK from the quarantine stage. “Recently, quarantine measures for foreign immigrants have been well managed,” said Yoon, head of quarantine, and said, “We know that there are no local community infections by foreign immigrants from late April to early May.” yunhap news