Yesterday's Positive Rate for Arrivals from China 1.1%·Cumulative 8.2%... "Continuing to Decrease"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Byun Seon-jin] The COVID-19 positivity rate among arrivals who underwent immediate testing at the airport after departing from China the previous day was found to be 1.1%.

According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters on the 6th, on the 5th, 178 short-term foreign visitors who arrived at Incheon International Airport from China underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, with 2 confirmed positive cases. The positivity rate was 1.1%, which is 0.4 percentage points lower than the previous day's rate of 1.5%.

To minimize the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and variants in China on the domestic situation, the government has mandated COVID-19 PCR testing for arrivals from China from the 2nd of last month until the end of this month. Regardless of nationality, short-term visitors from China are tested at airport testing centers, while long-term residents and nationals are tested at local public health centers.

Since the mandatory COVID-19 testing for arrivals from China was implemented on the 2nd of last month, a total of 50,590 people have entered the country through airports via China. The cumulative positivity rate among short-term visitors tested at the airport reached 8.2% (772 confirmed cases out of 9,390 tested). The cumulative positivity rate for short-term visitors, which had been in the 20% range, has been steadily decreasing since the introduction of mandatory pre-arrival testing on the 5th of last month.

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