[Breaking News] "Average Treatment Cost per Person 6 Million Won... Gradual Application of Foreigners' Claims"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] The government has announced plans to amend related laws to allow charging treatment fees to foreign nationals confirmed with COVID-19 who have entered from overseas. However, it stated that the on-site application will be implemented gradually while monitoring the domestic quarantine situation.

On the 27th, Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters' quarantine team, said at a regular briefing held at the Government Complex Sejong that the specific adjustment plan for supporting foreign confirmed cases will be "applied step-by-step while observing various domestic quarantine situations and the burden on the medical system."

The treatment cost per foreign confirmed case is known to exceed an average of 6 million won.

The government announced the day before that, based on the principle of "reciprocity," it will charge treatment fees to foreign confirmed cases, implying that foreigners from countries that do not support treatment costs for our nationals will be the primary targets for treatment fee charges.

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