Quarantine Measures Archives

Public Chagrin Grows over China’s Virus Quarantine Measures Against Korean Visitors

SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Public chagrin is growing over some Chinese provincial authorities’ forcible anti-coronavirus quarantine measures against South Koreans, fueling criticism of Seoul’s cautious immigration controls and strengthening calls for broader entry bans on Chinese visitors. Despite Seoul’s entry ban limited only to China’s central Hubei Province at the center of the [...]

South Korea Steps Up Bird Flu Quarantine Measures

SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will step up quarantine measures against bird flu ahead of the long holiday as a suspected case was reported in the country’s southern region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Wednesday. The ministry said an H7N7 strain of avian influenza (AI) was found in wild bird droppings that were collected in [...]