Vaccinated foreign entrants to S.Korea to be exempted from self-quarantine

Vaccinated foreign entrants to South Korea will be exempted from the seven-day self-quarantine later this month, the health ministry said Friday.

Those who were fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 at home or registered the full vaccination with the domestic health authorities after completing the vaccination abroad will be exempted from self-quarantine when entering South Korea from foreign countries.

The exemption will take effect on March 21. The fully vaccinated people refer to those who received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines two weeks earlier but less than 180 days ago, as well as those who got the booster shots.

Four foreign countries, including Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Myanmar, were excluded from the self-quarantine exemption.

All the foreign entrants to South Korea will still be required to take the rapid antigen tests twice six and seven days after flowing into the country.

In the latest tally, the country's daily number of new COVID-19 cases fell below 300,000 in three days, with the daily caseload of 282,987 tallied for the past 24 hours.