3 Confirmed Cases Among 164 Returning from India in 3rd Batch... Total 14 Including 1st and 2nd Batches

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Among 164 company officials who returned to Korea on the 9th via the 3rd irregular flight from India, where COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing, 3 tested positive. 146 were confirmed negative, and the remaining 15 are still pending.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced through a text message on the 10th the "Status of Testing for Irregular Flight Arrivals from India." Accordingly, the cumulative number of confirmed cases among the total 540 returnees from the 1st to 3rd flights has risen to 14.

Previously, among 172 Korean nationals who arrived on the 1st flight on the 4th, 2 tested positive and 170 tested negative. Among 204 people, including Korean nationals, who arrived on the 2nd flight on the 7th, 9 tested positive and 194 were confirmed negative. One person remains pending after three inconclusive test results.

Korean nationals returning from India undergo diagnostic testing immediately upon arrival at temporary living facilities and are quarantined there for 7 days even if they test negative. Afterward, they continue self-quarantine at home or elsewhere for another 7 days. They receive an additional diagnostic test on the 6th day after arrival before leaving the facility and another test at a public health center on the 13th day before quarantine is lifted.

Meanwhile, the CDCH reported that among passengers on a flight that departed from Heathrow Airport in London and arrived at Incheon International Airport the previous day, one person with COVID-19 symptoms was identified but tested negative.

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