4 of 17 Afghan Special Entry Re-examination Subjects Confirmed COVID-19 Positive... Urgently Transferred to Community Treatment Center

Including 2 Children... Symptoms Not Severe

Local Afghans who cooperated with our government and their immediate family members are arriving at Incheon International Airport on the 26th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin, Legal Affairs Specialist] Among the special entrants from Afghanistan, four people, including two children, tested positive for COVID-19.

On the 28th, the Ministry of Justice announced that out of 17 Afghan special entrants who were subject to retesting after receiving inconclusive results from the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test upon arrival at Incheon Airport on the 26th, four tested positive after retesting.

Among the four confirmed cases, two are adults from different households, and the remaining two are a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl.

They showed no notable symptoms such as fever when they were admitted to the temporary living support facility at the Jincheon National Human Resources Development Institute the previous day, and no significant symptoms appeared during self-quarantine.

The Ministry of Justice stated that according to quarantine guidelines, the confirmed cases were separated from their families, and medical examinations confirmed that all were mild cases.

The Ministry of Justice used four 119 fire ambulance vehicles to urgently transfer them to the Cheonan Youth Training Center Living Treatment Center and conducted disinfection measures.

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