Deployment to Italy, 2nd Government Charter Flight Returning Home... Evacuation Operation for 514 Overseas Nationals Completed

205 Overseas Koreans Board 2nd Charter Flight... Scheduled to Arrive at Incheon at 4 PM on the 2nd
All Undergo Two COVID-19 Tests in Cheonan, Chungnam

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Students studying abroad, including overseas Koreans in Italy, boarded the second government charter flight to return home. The first charter flight arrived in Incheon yesterday afternoon carrying 309 overseas Koreans and others. The operation to transport 514 Koreans in Italy using two government charter flights is expected to conclude on the afternoon of the 2nd.

According to the Korean Embassy in Italy, the second charter flight carrying 205 overseas Koreans and students took off from Milan Malpensa International Airport at 10 p.m. local time on the 1st. The second charter flight is scheduled to arrive at Incheon International Airport at 4 p.m. Korean time on the 2nd.

The second charter flight first boarded 113 passengers at Rome Fiumicino International Airport, then moved to Milan Malpensa International Airport to pick up an additional 92 Koreans before departing Italy. The 205 Koreans on board underwent fever checks and medical interviews conducted by medical staff dispatched by the Korean government before boarding. Those showing some fever symptoms stayed in a separate waiting room before boarding.

All Koreans arriving on the second charter flight will be moved to a temporary living facility in Cheonan, Chungnam, where they will undergo two COVID-19 tests over four nights and five days. Those who arrived yesterday afternoon on the first charter flight are currently being tested at a temporary facility in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do.

If all COVID-19 test results are negative, they will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days; if even one person tests positive, all will be quarantined in the facility for 14 days.

Meanwhile, overseas Koreans have also begun returning from Germany and Poland. In Frankfurt, Germany, a Korean Air special flight departed on the afternoon of the 1st local time carrying about 180 passengers. In Warsaw, Poland, about 200 overseas Koreans boarded a LOT special flight of Polish nationality to return home.

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