South Korea 12 10 adjusts immigration policy. All immigrants will be quarantined in the next two weeks 10 days.

Recently, many countries have opened their doors and started to let people in. Recently, however, this Omicron mutation appeared in COVID-19, and some countries have had medical records, including South Korea. So South Korea adjusted its immigration policy on 65438+February 1 day, and all immigrants will be quarantined in the next two weeks1day. How to do it specifically? Please see the details.

According to the report of Yonhap News Agency, the Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters of South Korea decided at the meeting of overseas case input and evaluation department on February 1 6 that all entry personnel, regardless of nationality and whether they have completed the whole vaccination of COVID-19 vaccine, should be quarantined for 10 days to prevent the influx of Omicron, a new COVID-19 variant.

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According to the report, specifically, Koreans who entered the country and foreigners who lived in Korea for a long time were quarantined at home for 10 day, and received three nucleic acid tests before entering the country, the first day of entry and before lifting the quarantine. Foreigners staying for a short time will be isolated in the temporary living facilities provided by the Korean government for 10 days.

According to the report, the South Korean government will list Nigeria as a key epidemic prevention country and a high-risk country from 0: 00 on the 3rd, and exclude it from the list of countries that have been released from isolation. Therefore, short-term foreigners from Nigeria will be restricted when entering the country. Koreans who enter Nigeria and foreigners who stay in Korea for a long time will be quarantined in temporary living facilities for 10 days, and will receive four nucleic acid tests before entering the country, 1 day, 5 days and before lifting the quarantine. Since the 28th of last month, the Korean government has taken the same measures against South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Vanuatu.

According to the report, considering that people living in the above nine countries can only fly directly from Ethiopia to South Korea, the South Korean government also decided to suspend direct flights three times a week from April 4 to July 17. However, the South Korean government will arrange non-scheduled flights between the two countries to help local Korean citizens return home safely.

It is reported that the inter-departmental response team for new mutant strains in COVID-19 also held its first meeting, and decided to carry out parvovirus testing for all entry personnel in the future, and to carry out additional testing for suspected parvovirus infection cases among community infection cases. The team also stipulated that the close contacts of the confirmed cases of Omicron will be isolated at home without exception, and the isolation period will be extended from 10 to 14 days. The confirmed cases of Omicron will be treated in hospitals and living treatment facilities.

South Korea's epidemic prevention department reported 5 cases of Omicron strain infection in February 1 day. It is reported that patients infected with Omicron strain include a Korean couple who recently entered Nigeria and friends who have had close contact with the couple. The other two cases are overseas immigrants.