A Total of 12 Overseas Vaccination Quarantine Exemptions Confirmed Positive... 7 out of 10 from UAE Received Sinopharm Vaccination

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] Since the exemption from self-quarantine for entrants who have completed COVID-19 vaccination overseas was implemented on the 1st of this month, cases of positive diagnoses among those exempted from quarantine have been increasing.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) stated in a reference document on the 18th, "Among a total of 16,925 entrants who received quarantine exemption after the 1st, diagnostic tests conducted after entry confirmed a total of 12 positive cases as of the 16th."

Of the 12 cumulative confirmed cases so far, 10 entered from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the remaining 2 entered from Uganda and Poland, respectively.

Compared to the 14th, 2 additional cases were confirmed. Among the 2 new cases, one tested positive on the first-day test after entering from the UAE, having received the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm. The other tested positive on the 6th to 7th day test after entering from the UAE and had also received Sinopharm.

Both of the additionally confirmed cases had submitted negative PCR test certificates in advance.

The government has designated the UAE, where many positive cases have occurred among overseas vaccinated quarantine-exempt entrants, as a variant virus prevalent country starting in July, and has stopped issuing new quarantine exemption certificates since the 16th.

Looking at the vaccines received by the 12 confirmed cases identified so far, 7 had received Sinopharm, 3 Pfizer, and 1 AstraZeneca (AZ).

The remaining one is an unvaccinated child under 6 years old.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.