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The return to a ‘pre-coronavirus’ situation is accelerating as Asian countries have loosened the strict COVID-19 quarantine bar that has restricted cross-border travel for the past two and a half years.
However, China is still adhering to its ‘super-strong coronavirus containment’ policy.
Reporter Kim Sang-woo on the sidewalk.
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Hong Kong, which has applied China’s so-called ‘super-strong corona lockdown’, so-called zero-corona policy, announced that it will abolish regulations such as hotel quarantine for incoming travelers from the 26th.
If you look at the relaxed contents, flight boarding has been replaced with a negative rapid antigen test within 24 hours, and you only need to monitor your health for three days after entering the country.
As the hotel quarantine, which lasted for up to 21 days in the past two and a half years, was abolished, access to airline ticket sites is overflowing.
[돈나 라우/ 홍콩 거주자 : 비행기표 가격을 계속 확인해 왔는데요 이전에 비해 너무 비쌉니다.]
Taiwan also announced an entry easing policy, including resuming entry to visa-free countries such as South Korea and Japan from the 29th.
The current ‘three-day self-quarantine’ and ‘four-day self-management’ will be enforced as they are, but will also be effectively abolished from next month.
[뤄빙청 / 타이완 행정원 대변인 : 다음 달(10월) 13일부터는 자각 격리 없이 7일간의 자율관리로 공식적으로 변경합니다.]
Japan has also opened the entry bar.
In the meantime, we have maintained the policy of issuing group visas through travel agencies, but from the 11th of next month, individual travel without a visa is allowed.
[기시다 후미오 / 일본 총리 : 10월 11일부터 일본은 미국과 똑같이 국경 통제 조치를 완화할 뿐만 아니라 무비자 여행과 개별 여행도 재개합니다.]
Thailand has also decided to remove the obligation to submit certificates of vaccination and testing for COVID-19 for inbound travelers from next month.
Previously, Singapore and Vietnam were beginning to attract tourists by easing quarantine measures such as the duty to test for corona before entering the country in April and May, respectively.
Most Asian countries are opening the lock on entry and quarantine related to Corona, but China is still adhering to the zero-corona policy and closing it alone.
This is YTN Kim Sang-woo.
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