ⓒ Japanese version of JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo2023.01.12 08:39
South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 11th that it is providing individual beds and hot water to hotel rooms as temporary home isolation facilities for infected short-term foreigners from China. Recently, dissatisfaction in China with the strengthening of South Korea’s quarantine measures has arisen, and the unfounded rumors that “(South Korea) confines Chinese people in a dark room and that there is no bed or hot water in the quarantine center” are be countered. have gone to
◇ Publish guest room photos to claim there is no bed or hot water
The Ministry of Health and Welfare responded to a reporter’s question on the afternoon of the same day, “I would like you to confirm the status of the isolation facility prepared by the government,” and reference materials were released. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said, “We operate three hotels that can accommodate up to 205 people as isolation facilities,” and released pictures of the interior of the rooms and the lunch boxes distributed to the quarantined people.
“The rooms are also used by citizens of the Republic of Korea, and each room has a bedroom,” he added, adding that “it includes a clean toilet that basically provides hot water.” In addition, for the convenience of the people in quarantine, ▽Expert interpreters ▽Blankets, towels, and personal items will be replaced immediately upon request ▽Safe medicines such as antipyretics, cold medicines, and antiseptics will also be provided. That is the government’s explanation.
In a press conference this morning, Kim Joo-young, the head of the medical resource support team of the Central Accident Management Headquarters for the new coronavirus infection (new type pneumonia), said that it is related to some malicious rumors spreading on SNS Chinese. , calling it a “baseless allegation,” explained, “Most of them live safely alone in hotels.” He also said, “The rooms in the three hotels are above the level of tourist hotels usually used by Chinese tourists.”
Recently, South Korea’s measures to strengthen quarantine measures for travelers arriving from China have sparked a backlash in China. Chinese authorities have retaliated by refusing to issue visas to South Koreans, which has been criticized by government-run media. On the same day, the Chinese government-run Global Times and the English version of the Global Times jointly published, “South Korea must rationally explain the exposure of Chinese tourists,” criticizing South Korea’s restrictions on the bottom . Here, there was a claim on the Chinese Internet “I was denied entry into the country and confined in a small, dark room in a poor environment without a bed or hot water.” However, the health authorities reiterated their position that the measures are based on scientific evidence.
Lim Soo-kyung, head of the Situation Management Team of the Central Epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters, said at a press conference on the same day, “The measures to strengthen quarantine are measures taken on an objective and scientific basis.” The explanation is that it is an inevitable measure taken after much careful effort in a situation where the risks and uncertainties that could arise as a nation closest to Japan have increased.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 86 people were quarantined in three hotels the previous day (10th), and 32 people were released after a week of quarantine. Those subject to quarantine are short-term residents who were confirmed positive in a gene amplification test (PCR) at Incheon Airport among those who entered China.
