From the 21st, Fully Vaccinated Individuals Will No Longer Be Required to Self-Quarantine Upon Entry

Exemption from 7-Day Self-Quarantine Based on Vaccination Record Registration Status

On the 7th, at the quarantine station of Incheon International Airport Terminal 1, Korean residents, international students, and foreigners who arrived from Frankfurt, Germany after vaccination were lined up waiting, as the daily number of COVID-19 confirmed cases exceeded 1,200 and imported cases continued to rise steadily. On this day, for the first time since COVID-19, 10,000 people entered Incheon International Airport in one day.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Starting from the 21st, the 7-day self-quarantine requirement upon entry will be waived only for those who have completed COVID-19 vaccination.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 20th, from the 21st, overseas entrants who have completed vaccination both domestically and abroad and have registered their vaccination records will be exempt from the self-quarantine obligation. The 7-day quarantine, which was implemented for all overseas entrants after the emergence of the Omicron variant, will be waived. From April 1, this exemption will be extended to those who were vaccinated overseas but have not registered their vaccination records.

The quarantine exemption applies to those who are within 180 days after 14 days have passed since their second dose (or one dose for Janssen) and those who have received a third dose. If vaccination was completed overseas, but the vaccination record has already been registered domestically and verified through the quarantine information 'Pre-Input System (Q-CODE),' it will be treated as a domestically registered vaccination completion. Domestic vaccinees who entered before the 21st will be retroactively applied and temporarily released from quarantine on March 21.

Verification of vaccination status upon entry will be conducted using the Pre-Input System, which will be expanded to all routes arriving at Incheon Airport starting from the 21st. Entrants can access the quarantine information pre-input system website to enter their personal information along with a negative PCR test certificate (issued within 48 hours before departure), vaccination certificate, health status questionnaire, and other quarantine information in advance, and attach the certificates. Once pre-input is completed, a QR code will be issued on the website, and quarantine will be completed with this QR code alone.

For those vaccinated domestically or who have registered their vaccination records domestically after overseas vaccination, the relevant information will be automatically linked through the COOV system connected to the Pre-Input System. However, even those whose vaccination records are automatically linked must still enter quarantine information through the Pre-Input System.

For entrants who completed vaccination overseas but have never visited a domestic public health center to register their vaccination records, starting April 1, they must directly enter their vaccination records into the Pre-Input System and attach certificates to be classified as quarantine exemption candidates.

Unvaccinated individuals will continue to be quarantined as per current regulations. Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Myanmar are designated as quarantine exemption exclusion countries, so even vaccinated individuals from these four countries must quarantine.

Meanwhile, from April 1, all entrants will be allowed to use public transportation. The previously operated quarantine transportation network (private cars, quarantine taxis, KTX exclusive cars) will be discontinued. All entrants must undergo a PCR test on day 1 after entry and a rapid antigen test on days 6 to 7 after entry.

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