Published February 22,2023
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South Korea has determined to ease COVID-19 restrictions for vacationers arriving from China from subsequent week, native media mentioned on Wednesday.
South Korean authorities have determined to abolish the post-arrival COVID-19 take a look at for vacationers arriving from China from March 1, however the pre-arrival take a look at requirement will stay in place till March 10 to watch the impact of easing restrictions, Yonhap News Agency reported.
“We believe that an additional easing of quarantine measures will be possible,” Kim Sung-ho, a senior Interior Ministry official, advised a COVID-19 response assembly in Seoul, in keeping with the news company.
Since early January, attributable to a rise in COVID-19 infections within the neighboring nation, South Korea has required vacationers from China to current destructive COVID-19 take a look at outcomes earlier than boarding flights to the nation and endure an extra PCR take a look at inside the first day of their arrival.
Besides South Korea, Japan, the U.S., UK, Italy, Spain, France, Morocco, Qatar, Canada, Greece, Malaysia, Finland, and the Netherlands had imposed restrictions on vacationers arriving from China, together with a requirement for destructive COVID-19 take a look at outcomes.
In retaliation, China has additionally suspended the issuance of short-term visas to South Korean nationals for visits, business, tourism, medical, and transit functions.
Meanwhile, the nation’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on Wednesday determined to permit flights from China to land at airports apart from Seoul.
On Feb. 11, South Korea resumed issuing short-term visas to Chinese guests, whereas on Saturday China additionally restarted granting short-term visas to South Koreans.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
