South Korea to scrap some COVID tests for travellers from China

South Korean authorities will not require arrivals from China to do a COVID check from subsequent month.

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South Korea is easing pandemic-related restrictions on travellers from China [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

South Korea won't require travellers from China to check for COVID-19 after arrival, beginning subsequent month, though they'll nonetheless must take pre-departure exams, a senior South Korean official has stated, within the nation’s newest stress-free of guidelines put in place after China’s reopening.

South Korea imposed a number of border measures on passengers from China after Beijing’s resolution to carry its stringent zero-COVID coverage however Seoul has been easing restrictions, citing an improved COVID scenario within the neighbouring nation.

“Extra easing of quarantine measures seem attainable because the constructive fee amongst arrivals from China has dropped from 18.4 % within the first week of January to 0.6 % within the third week of February,” Kim Sung-ho, a vice ministerial official at South Korea’s Ministry of Inside and Security, stated on Wednesday throughout a gathering on responses to the COVID pandemic.

Obligatory PCR exams earlier than departure for passengers from China will stay in place till March 10, Kim stated, to observe and consider the consequences of the comfort of different COVID guidelines.

South Korea earlier resumed issuing short-term visas for travellers from China, with Beijing following by lifting comparable visa curbs imposed in an earlier retaliatory transfer in opposition to Seoul’s border restrictions.

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