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Duterte disagrees with total travel ban on South Korea over COVID-19 @ 2020-02-28T08: Back Hot News
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARIA ROSARIO VERGERIE SAID THE ENTRY BAN ON THOSE ARRIVING FROM DAEGU AND NORTH GYEONGSANG IN SOUTH KOREA NEEDS ONE MORE SIGNATURE FROM A MEMBER OF THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. ONCE THE RESOLUTION IS SIGNED, 48 HOURS HAS TO PASS BEFORE IT IS IMPLEMENTED. THIS CLARIFICATION COMES AFTER PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELO ON WEDNESDAY SAID THE ORDER IS EFFECTIVE "IMMEDIATELY."
“THE TRAVEL BAN TO KOREA IS PENDING FULL IMPLEMENTATION AS WE ARE WAITING FOR THE COPY OF THE EID RESOLUTION (REFERRING TO THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE), AS WELL AS CLARIFICATION ON HOW TO TARGET ARRIVING PASSENGERS COMING FROM DAEGU AND NORTH GYEONGSANG,” IMMIGRATION SPOKESPERSON DANA SANDOVAL SAID.
DONALD TRUMP SAID WEDNESDAY HE WAS CONSIDERING US TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA OVER CORONAVIRUS FEARS, ADDING THE SITUATION WOULD NOT INEVITABLY WORSEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ISSUED A LEVEL 2 TRAVEL ADVISORY. WHILE IT TELLS PEOPLE TO TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN TRAVELING TO SOUTH KOREA, IT HASN’T PUT RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE COMING FROM THE COUNTRY TO THE U.S. TRAVELERS TO AMERICAN SAMOA WILL BE REQUIRED TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS IN HAWAII IF THEY VISITED SOUTH KOREA WITHIN 14 DAYS AND NEED TO SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTS THREE DAYS BEFORE ENTERING THE TERRITORY.
WHILE TRAVELERS MAY HAVE BETTER LUCK ASKING THEIR AIRLINE AND HOTEL FOR A REFUND OR CANCELLATION, MOST TRAVEL PROVIDERS ARE ONLY OFFERING THAT IF YOU'RE SCHEDULED TO FLY TO THE MOST SERIOUSLY AFFECTED REGIONS — THAT IS, CHINA, SOUTH KOREA, AND STARTING THIS WEEK, ITALY.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT"S TRAVEL ADVISORY WAS RAISED BY ONE NOTCH TO LEVEL 3, THE SECOND-HIGHEST ON A FOUR-TIER SCALE. LEVEL 4 ADVISES PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL TO THE DESIGNATED COUNTRY. THE US HAS NOT PUT ANY ENTRY RESTRICTIONS FROM TRAVELERS FROM SOUTH KOREA, HOWEVER.
BUT MR. MOON SAID SOUTH KOREA FACED A 「WHOLLY DIFFERENT SITUATION」 AFTER THE QUICKLY EXPANDING OUTBREAK OF THE VIRUS AMONG MEMBERS OF A SHINCHEONJI CHURCH OF JESUS IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA』S FOURTH-LARGEST CITY, 180 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEOUL. MORE THAN HALF OF ALL THE PATIENTS IN THE COUNTRY ARE EITHER MEMBERS OF SHINCHEONJI OR THEIR RELATIVES AND OTHER CONTACTS.
AS OF SUNDAY, 13 SOUTH KOREAN SERVICE MEMBERS HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, SOUTH KOREAN DEFENSE MINISTER JEONG KYEONG-DOO SAID AT A PENTAGON NEWS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY.
SEOUL, FEB. 26 (YONHAP) -- THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IMPOSING ENTRY BANS ON TRAVELERS WHO RECENTLY VISITED SOUTH KOREA"S SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU AND THE NEARBY COUNTY OF CHEONGDO IS ON THE RISE, SEOUL"S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING A SPIKE IN CONFIRMED NOVEL CORONAVIRUS CASES THERE.
A WORKER AT MANILA"S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLEANING CHAIRS AT THE BOARDING AREA ON FEBRUARY 23. THE PHILIPPINES HAS THREE CONFIRMED CASES AND ONE DEATH FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. THE COUNTRY HAS ISSUED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE ASIA OUTBREAK; MOST RECENTLY, IT ANNOUNCED A BAN ON TRAVELERS FROM THE NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE OF SOUTH KOREA, WHERE NUMBERS OF CASES HAVE BEEN CLIMBING.
THERE IS A STRONG PUSH, PARTICULARLY AMONG CONSERVATIVE PARTIES, TO IMPLEMENT A BROADER BAN ON ALL CHINESE TRAVELERS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 760,000 PETITIONS ON THE PRESIDENT"S OFFICE WEBSITE ASKING FOR THE TRAVEL BAN.
PRIME MINISTER CHUNG SYE-KYUN HAD URGED PEOPLE ON SATURDAY TO COMPLY WITH A BAN ON LARGE PROTESTS IN SEOUL, THE CAPITAL, WHERE LARGE POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS ARE COMMONPLACE. BUT THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS DEFIED THE BAN THAT DAY, GATHERING FOR THEIR WEEKLY PROTEST AGAINST MR. MOON, WHOM THEY ACCUSE OF CODDLING NORTH KOREA AND MISMANAGING THE ECONOMY.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — AUTHORITIES ARE MULLING A BAN ON TRAVEL TO AND FROM SOUTH KOREA WHERE THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) HAS REACHED 763, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) SAID YESTERDAY.
ISRAEL ON SUNDAY ANNOUNCED A TRAVEL BAN STARTING MONDAY ON ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN KOREA IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. ISRAEL EARLIER IMPOSED SIMILAR ENTRY BANS ON JAPAN, CHINA, HONG KONG, MACAU, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE.

 

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