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2020 Guide to ‘Quarantinable Disease Risk Areas’
Choi Go-Eun, Son Tae-Jong, Kim Gueum-Chan
Division of Quarantine Support, Center for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, KCDC
*교신저자 : kimgchan@korea.kr, 043-719-9200
This is an Open Access aritcle distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To prevent the inflow of emerging infectious diseases and to protect people from domestic and global health threats, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) designates ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ twice a year and conducts quarantine inspections of passengers (both nationals and foreigners) from high-risk areas.
Passengers (regardless of citizenship or nationality) are advised to check the most recent ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ guide before departure. In addition, passengers are encouraged to submit a health questionnaire to a quarantine officer of the National Quarantine Station if they have passed through ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ (i.e. those adjacent to a MERS-risk area).
From January 1, 2020, the number of ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ (i.e., those adjacent to a MERS-risk area) has shifted from 66 to 65 countries. This article introduces the quarantinable diseases and the number of countries they are in; cholera, 19; plague, 2; yellow fever, 42; avian influenza, 1; Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), 10; and polio, 9, respectively.
*Some countries have overlapping areas with ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’
Key words Quarantine, Quarantinable disease risk areas
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Table 1. ‘Quarantinable disease risk areas’ and ‘Adjacent to quarantinable disease-affected areas’ Quarantinable diseases Risk areas Adjacent to quarantinable disease-affected areas Cholera (19) - (Asia, Middle East) Yemen, Philippines, India - - (Africa) Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Mozambique, Zambia, Cameroon, Niger, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan - (Americas) Haiti Plague (2) - (Africa) Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Yellow Fever (42) - (Africa) 29 countries including Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria - - (Americas) 13 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru Human infection with Avian Influenza (1) - (Asia) China (4 districts; Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan) - Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (10) - (Middle East) Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - (Middle East) Qatar, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait Ebola virus disease (1) - (Africa) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Polio (9) - (Asia, Middle East) Pakistan, Afghanistan - - (Africa) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Nigeria, Somalia, Niger, Central African Republic - (Oceania) Papua New Guinea * Some countries have overlapping areas with ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’
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Public Health Weekly Report 2020; 13(1): 8-17
Published online January 2, 2020
Copyright © The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
2020 Guide to ‘Quarantinable Disease Risk Areas’
Choi Go-Eun, Son Tae-Jong, Kim Gueum-Chan
Division of Quarantine Support, Center for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, KCDC
Correspondence to:*교신저자 : kimgchan@korea.kr, 043-719-9200
This is an Open Access aritcle distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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To prevent the inflow of emerging infectious diseases and to protect people from domestic and global health threats, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) designates ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ twice a year and conducts quarantine inspections of passengers (both nationals and foreigners) from high-risk areas.
Passengers (regardless of citizenship or nationality) are advised to check the most recent ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ guide before departure. In addition, passengers are encouraged to submit a health questionnaire to a quarantine officer of the National Quarantine Station if they have passed through ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ (i.e. those adjacent to a MERS-risk area).
From January 1, 2020, the number of ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’ (i.e., those adjacent to a MERS-risk area) has shifted from 66 to 65 countries. This article introduces the quarantinable diseases and the number of countries they are in; cholera, 19; plague, 2; yellow fever, 42; avian influenza, 1; Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), 10; and polio, 9, respectively.
*Some countries have overlapping areas with ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’
Keywords: Quarantine, Quarantinable disease risk areas
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‘Quarantinable disease risk areas’ and ‘Adjacent to quarantinable disease-affected areas’ Quarantinable diseases Risk areas Adjacent to quarantinable disease-affected areas Cholera (19) - (Asia, Middle East) Yemen, Philippines, India - - (Africa) Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Mozambique, Zambia, Cameroon, Niger, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan - (Americas) Haiti Plague (2) - (Africa) Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Yellow Fever (42) - (Africa) 29 countries including Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria - - (Americas) 13 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru Human infection with Avian Influenza (1) - (Asia) China (4 districts; Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan) - Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (10) - (Middle East) Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - (Middle East) Qatar, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait Ebola virus disease (1) - (Africa) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Polio (9) - (Asia, Middle East) Pakistan, Afghanistan - - (Africa) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Nigeria, Somalia, Niger, Central African Republic - (Oceania) Papua New Guinea * Some countries have overlapping areas with ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’.
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Figure 1. The updated guide to ‘Quarantinable Disease Risk Areas’ and ‘Adjacent to Quarantinable Disease-Affected Areas’
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‘Quarantinable disease risk areas’ and ‘Adjacent to quarantinable disease-affected areas’ Quarantinable diseases Risk areas Adjacent to quarantinable disease-affected areas Cholera (19) - (Asia, Middle East) Yemen, Philippines, India - - (Africa) Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Mozambique, Zambia, Cameroon, Niger, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan - (Americas) Haiti Plague (2) - (Africa) Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Yellow Fever (42) - (Africa) 29 countries including Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria - - (Americas) 13 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru Human infection with Avian Influenza (1) - (Asia) China (4 districts; Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Yunnan) - Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (10) - (Middle East) Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - (Middle East) Qatar, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait Ebola virus disease (1) - (Africa) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Polio (9) - (Asia, Middle East) Pakistan, Afghanistan - - (Africa) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Nigeria, Somalia, Niger, Central African Republic - (Oceania) Papua New Guinea * Some countries have overlapping areas with ‘quarantinable disease risk areas’.
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