Positive Rate of Entrants from China at 7.0%... Single Digit for 7 Consecutive Days

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[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] The positivity rate among arrivals from China who were immediately tested at the airport was found to be 7.0%.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 20th, out of 2,188 people who arrived at Incheon International Airport from China the previous day, 273 short-term foreign visitors underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing at the airport testing center, and 19 were confirmed positive. The positivity rate was 7.0%, slightly higher than the previous day's 5.8%. The airport test positivity rate has remained in the single digits for seven consecutive days.

However, looking at the positivity rates over the past three days, there has been a slight increase: 5.8% on the 17th → 4.3% on the 18th → 7.0% on the 19th. On the 16th, the rate dropped to 3.5%, the lowest since the strengthening of quarantine measures for arrivals from China.

Since the 2nd, a total of 27,314 people have entered through the airport from China. The cumulative positivity rate for short-term visitors tested at the airport has reached 12.5% (655 out of 5,251 people).

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