Chinese National Entering South Korea from China Tests Positive for COVID-19

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunbyeol Kim] One Chinese national who entered China from Korea tested positive for COVID-19 after the quarantine period.

According to local media such as Shenyang Wanbao on the 23rd, a Chinese national woman, In (尹) Mo (67), entered Shenyang from Incheon on the 29th of last month via China Southern Airlines flight.

At that time, she tested negative for COVID-19 at the airport upon arrival. She then spent two weeks in a centralized quarantine hotel, undergoing serological antibody and nucleic acid tests, all of which were negative. She was released from quarantine on the 13th of this month and returned home to resume daily life.

However, on the 22nd, she visited a hospital fever clinic, and on the 23rd, the nucleic acid test result came back positive.

The Shenyang authorities have quarantined close contacts and disinfected places the patient visited, entering an emergency quarantine posture equivalent to wartime.

In Liaoning Province, 26 confirmed and asymptomatic cases were reported in the port city of Dalian from the 15th to the 22nd within the community, prompting authorities to conduct comprehensive testing of residents. Liaoning authorities announced COVID-19 prevention measures ahead of the New Year and Chunje (春節, Chinese Lunar New Year), ordering all organizations to cancel group greeting events and large-scale dinner gatherings.

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