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KMID : 1143420200130010008
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 1 p.8 ~ p.17
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2020 Guide to ‘Quarantinable Disease Risk Areas’
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Choi Go-Eun
Son Tae-Jong
Kim Gueum-Chan
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Abstract
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To prevent the inflow of emerging infectious diseases and to protect people from domestic and global health
threats, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) designates ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’
twice a year and conducts quarantine inspections of passengers (both nationals and foreigners) from high-risk
areas. Passengers (regardless of citizenship or nationality) are advised to check the most recent ‘quarantinable disease
risk areas’ guide before departure. In addition, passengers are encouraged to submit a health questionnaire to a
quarantine officer of the National Quarantine Station if they have passed through ‘quarantinable disease risk
areas’ (i.e. those adjacent to a MERS-risk area). From January 1, 2020, the number of ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ (i.e., those adjacent to a MERS-risk area) has shifted from 66 to 65 countries. This article introduces the quarantinable diseases and the number of countries they are in; cholera, 19; plague, 2; yellow fever, 42; avian influenza, 1; Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), 10; and polio, 9, respectively.
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KEYWORD
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Quarantine, Quarantinable disease risk areas
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