Starting Jan. 5, travelers from China will be required to present a negative PCR test result within 48 hours or an immediate antigen test within 24 hours prior to departure, and go through the PCR test upon arrival on Jan. 2, officials said. Me.
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South Korea’s government said the new restrictions were mandatory after Beijing stopped publishing case data, raising considerations of a new wave of infections and mutations.
While most of the new regulations are expected to be in place until the end of February, Korea’s Agency for Disease Prevention and Control said it’s possible they could go extinct.
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“We urgently want to prepare for any domestic domino effects following the easing of China’s quarantine rules,” Han said. “We will be ready to take more powerful measures should the scenario worsen, if we see an immediate accumulation of infections from newcomers or the emergence of new variants. “
South Korea also aims to restrict the sale of bloodless medicines to deter other people from hoarding or buying to sell abroad, the Health Ministry said on Friday, adding that the main points of the plan will be discussed next week.
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Customs officials will step up inspections of bloodless medicines leaving the country. South Korean media have reported cases where Chinese people buy gigantic quantities in pharmacies.
“We will firmly address Array. . . the recently reported hoarding of bloodless medicines and considerations about an adverse effect on bloodless medicines,” the ministry said in a statement.
This month, China began dismantling the world’s strictest lockdown and comprehensive COVID testing regime in an abrupt policy shift, prompting countries to impose or enforce restrictions on travelers from China amid a surge in cases there.