South Korean authorities will now not require arrivals from China to do a COVID take a look at from subsequent month.
South Korea won’t require travellers from China to take a look at for COVID-19 after arrival, beginning subsequent month, though they are going to nonetheless want to take pre-departure tests, a senior South Korean official has stated, within the nation’s newest stress-free of guidelines put in place after China’s reopening.
South Korea imposed a number of border measures on passengers from China after Beijing’s choice to carry its stringent zero-COVID coverage however Seoul has been easing restrictions, citing an improved COVID state of affairs within the neighbouring nation.
“Further easing of quarantine measures seem attainable because the constructive charge amongst arrivals from China has dropped from 18.4 % within the first week of January to 0.6 % within the third week of February,” Kim Sung-ho, a vice ministerial official at South Korea’s Ministry of Inside and Security, stated on Wednesday throughout a gathering on responses to the COVID pandemic.
Necessary PCR tests earlier than departure for passengers from China will stay in place till March 10, Kim stated, to monitor and consider the results of the relief of different COVID guidelines.
South Korea earlier resumed issuing short-term visas for travellers from China, with Beijing following by lifting related visa curbs imposed in an earlier retaliatory transfer in opposition to Seoul’s border restrictions.
