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KMID : 1143420210140020052
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Public Health Weekly Report
2021 Volume.14 No. 2 p.52 ~ p.57
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Information on ‘Quarantinable management area’ in the first half of 2021
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Gu Hyo-Jin
Kim Ju-Hong
Kim Gueum-Chan
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Abstract
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Worldwide, there are numerous communicable diseases which present a risk to public health and which may require isolation or quarantine to prevent outbreaks. These ‘quarantinable diseases’ include but are not limited to cholera, polio, plague, yellow fever, avianin fluenza A, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Ebola virus disease (EVD) and coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It is the responsibility of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and the Korea National Quarantine Office to prevent the inflow of infectious diseases. The aim of this report was to provide an overview and an analysis of changes (effective January 6th, 2021) to current quarantine management areas. The changes include thirteen cholera countries, one plague country, forty two yellow fever countries, one avian influenza A country, eleven MERS-CoV countries, nine polio countries, one EVD country, and the global pandemic, COVID-19. The KCDA and the Korea National Quarantine Office designate a contaminated area or a nearby contaminated area as a quarantine management area to block the inflow and spread of infectious diseases from overseas. Therefore, quarantine is enforced for individuals entering Korea from designated quarantine management areas. Quarantine management areas are assigned twice a year according to trends in overseas outbreaks, and/or are assigned in the event of a sudden outbreak of a quarantinable disease. Designation or cancellation of an area occurs after deliberation by the Quarantine Committee (Article 5, quarantine law).
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KEYWORD
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Quarantine infection, Quarantine management area, Quarant
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