Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Honam Regional Disease Response Center Inspects Quarantine Response System for Illegal Fishing Chinese Vessels

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) Honam Regional Disease Response Center visited the Heuksan-myeon Health Center and Heuksando Port in Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do on the 17th to inspect the rapid quarantine response system for illegal fishing Chinese vessels.

On that day, a KDCA official ordered the National Mokpo Quarantine Station to conduct rapid quarantine of Chinese vessels seeking refuge in Heuksando due to bad weather and ship malfunctions, coinciding with the fishing season following the lifting of the fishing ban on the West and South Sea coasts since September.

They also urged the establishment of a constant quarantine system and close mutual cooperation among regional disease response centers, quarantine stations, and public health centers to ensure that infectious disease responses such as quarantine, epidemiological investigations, and diagnostic analyses are not delayed due to temporal or spatial limitations.

In particular, the KDCA official explained that since plague and zoonotic influenza infections are prevalent in some regions of China, these areas have been specially designated as quarantine management zones through risk assessment, and quarantine measures have been strengthened.

Yoon Jeong-hwan, head of the KDCA Honam Regional Disease Response Center, stated, "There may be zoonotic influenza infections or infectious diseases we have not even considered originating from illegal fishing Chinese vessels," adding, "We will continue to strengthen a close joint response system with local health institutions in infectious disease response, education, and publicity to eliminate blind spots in infectious disease control and strive to create a safe and healthy community."

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