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Gov"t to weigh possible travel ban on S. Korea amid coronavirus spread: Nograles @ 2020-02-27T00: Back Hot News
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WHEN ASKED IF FILIPINO TOURISTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO ANY PART OF SOUTH KOREA, HE ANSWERED, "YES, FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY."SOUTH KOREA IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR FILIPINO TRAVELERS, ESPCIALLY FANS OF KOREAN DRAMA AND KPOP.
THE PHILIPPINES ON WEDNESDAY SAID THEY HAVE BARRED TRAVELERS FROM SOUTH KOREA'S NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE FROM ENTERING ITS COUNTRY, WHILE VIETNAM ALSO SAID IT HAS BANNED TOURISTS FROM VIRUS-HIT AREAS OF SOUTH KOREA, ACCORDING TO REUTERS REPORTS.
IT RAISED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SOUTH KOREA TO LEVEL 3, WHICH MEANS THAT AMERICANS SHOULD AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA, SAYING THERE IS "WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION."
THE LEVEL 3 WARNING MEANS AMERICANS SHOULD AVOID ALL NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS OUTSIDE CHINA. SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAY 893 PEOPLE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NOVEL VIRUS.
「THE IATF [INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE] HAS AUTHORIZED FILIPINOS TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS THEREOF, LEAVING FOR STUDY, OR ARE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS THEREIN,」 PANELO SAID IN THE FOLLOWING PRESS STATEMENT. 「THEY ARE TO EXECUTE AND SIGN A DECLARATION, SIGNIFYING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISKS INVOLVED, PRIOR TO THEIR TRAVEL.」
MACAU AND QATAR ON SUNDAY ALSO RAISED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON KOREA. THEY JOINED COUNTRIES LIKE BRUNEI, BRITAIN, TURKMENISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, OMAN, ETHIOPIA AND UGANDA WHO EARLIER REVEALED BOLSTERED TRAVEL MEASURES SUCH AS SELF-QUARANTINES OR MORE STRINGENT HEALTH CHECKS OF KOREAN TRAVELERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE VISITED SOUTH KOREA RECENTLY.
AUSTRALIANS ARE BEING URGED TO EXERCISE A 「HIGH DEGREE OF CAUTION」 IF PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO JAPAN OR SOUTH KOREA, IN THE WAKE OF INCREASING CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE REGION.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IS TEMPORARILY BANNING TRAVEL BY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF TO SOUTH KOREA BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
THE C.D.C. HAS WARNED OLDER AND AT-RISK TRAVELERS TO AVOID JAPAN, ITALY AND IRAN. THE AGENCY ALSO HAS ADVISED AGAINST ALL NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA.
ITALY CANCELED PUBLIC EVENTS IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE VENICE CARNIVAL AFTER CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ROSE TO 132 AND A TRAVEL BAN AFFECTING ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE SOUTHEAST OF MILAN WAS IMPLEMENTED. SOUTH KOREA RAISED THE COUNTRY’S INFECTIOUS-DISEASE ALERT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL AFTER A 20-FOLD INCREASE IN CASES IN FIVE DAYS.
THE TAIWANESE GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONDED TO THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH KOREA BY ISSUING A LEVEL 3 TRAVEL ALERT FOR SOUTH KOREA. INDIVIDUALS THAT ARRIVE IN TAIWAN FROM SOUTH KOREA WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A QUARANTINE PERIOD OF FOURTEEN DAYS AS OF THURSDAY AT 12 AM. RISING CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19 IN SOUTH KOREA FOLLOW SUIT ON GROWING CONCERNS THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN INSUFFICIENT MEASURES TO COMBAT COVID-19.
SEOUL』S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID TOKYO HAD INFORMED IT OF THE PLANNED ENTRY BAN IN ADVANCE THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL. 「WE HAVE STRESSED TO THE JAPANESE SIDE THAT NO EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST KOREAN NATIONALS AND TRAVELERS, WHILE EXPLAINING THE GOVERNMENT』S EFFORT TO CONTAIN COVID-19,」 THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID. 「WE HAVE ASKED THE JAPANESE SIDE FOR A CAUTIOUS RESPONSE.」

 

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