Government Designates Nepal, Vietnam, and 8 Other Countries as Variant Outbreak Nations in August... Vaccinated Individuals Also Excluded from Quarantine Exemption

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced on the 23rd that it has newly designated 10 countries?Nepal, Russia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Vietnam, Haiti, Angola, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, and Trinidad and Tobago?as variant virus outbreak countries for August.

In response to the recent spread of the Delta variant and growing concerns about infections from overseas entrants, the selection of these countries was made by comprehensively considering the status of confirmed cases entering the country and the variant prevalence rate.

Accordingly, holders of quarantine exemption certificates for overseas vaccination completion and domestic vaccination completers entering from variant outbreak countries designated in August after August 1 will be excluded from quarantine exemption.

The August variant outbreak countries include the 16 countries designated in July?South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Eswatini, Uruguay, India, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Chile, Paraguay, and the Philippines?plus the 10 newly designated countries, totaling 26 countries.

Six countries that were designated as variant outbreak countries in July?Malta, Argentina, Equatorial Guinea, Colombia, Tanzania, and Pakistan?have been excluded.

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