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(11.03.2022, KTO Istanbul Office)

Korea government announcement (11.03.2022)

Target Group	Exemption time
Those who have been vaccinated overseas	01.04.2022 (Friday)

(High risk 4 countries) Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Myanmar
- Even people who completed the vaccination will be isolated
(Unvaccinated persons) Quarantined same as before.
- Self-quarantine for Koreans and foreigners staying for a long time
- Facility isolation for foreigners staying for a short period of time.

The record gets checked through the pre-entry system by entering the vaccination record by themselves and attaching the certificate.

Criteria for recognizing vaccination (based on the World Health Organization - WHO) emergency approval for vaccination completion).
- Those who have gotten 14 days after the second dose (one Johnson) and are within 180 days from the second dose or who have gotten a third dose.
- (Vaccine types) Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca, Johnson, Novavax, Sinopharm (Beijing), Sinovac, Covishield, Covaxin, Covavax.

* Cross-vaccination within the WHO emergency approved vaccines is also recognized.

From 01.04.2022, all inbound travelers can use public transportation.
Three times diagnosis tests for all inbound travelers
- Before entry, first day after entry: PCR test.
- 6~7th day after entry: Quick antigen test.

Pre-entry system quarantine information (Q-CODE)

(Purpose) Overseas people entering the country, enter quarantine information in advance before entering the country and conduct quarantine through QR scans → Shortening quarantine time, strengthening follow-up management using entry information.
(Contents) QR code iussue (or Printing) after entering the following info
- Personal information (passport number, etc.)
- Entry and Stay information (Departure country, flight, domestic place of stay, contact
information, etc.)

- Quarantine-related information, etc.

Q-CODE access web address: https://cov19ent.kdca.go.kr

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