"October 'Quarantine Exemption Excluded Countries' Japan and Vietnam Removed, Zambia and Djibouti Included"

On the 13th, overseas arrivals were waiting for transportation guidance at the arrival hall of Terminal 2, Incheon International Airport. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the country increased by 1,990 to 220,182. There were 1,913 domestic confirmed cases and 77 imported confirmed cases. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] Starting next month, Zambia and Djibouti will be newly included in the 'countries excluded from quarantine exemption.'

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced on the 17th that, due to concerns about the spread of infections from overseas entrants exempted from quarantine after completing vaccination amid the spread of variants, they have comprehensively considered the status of confirmed cases entering the country and variant prevalence rates to select 20 countries excluded from quarantine exemption for vaccinated individuals in October.

Currently, the government applies quarantine exemption to vaccinated individuals entering from abroad, but those entering from countries excluded from the quarantine exemption cannot receive the exemption even if they have completed vaccination.

Accordingly, holders of overseas vaccination quarantine exemption certificates and domestic vaccinated individuals entering from countries excluded from quarantine exemption for vaccinated individuals after October 1 will be excluded from quarantine exemption.

The 20 countries excluded from quarantine exemption for vaccinated individuals in October are Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Brazil, Suriname, Angola, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Chile, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad and Tobago, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Zambia, and Djibouti.

The 18 countries excluded from quarantine exemption this month?Ghana, Nepal, Russia, Lebanon, Vietnam, Botswana, United Arab Emirates, Haiti, Eswatini, Oman, Jordan, India, Japan, Zimbabwe, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Turkey?will be eligible for quarantine exemption starting next month.