Seoul, May 4: At least 172 South Koreans arrived in the country on Tuesday from the Covid-battered India via a special flight, according to Yonhap news agency.
Since April 24, South Korea has halted direct flights from such countries as India, where Covid-19 variants spread, allowing only non-regular flights to carry South Korean nationals back home.
Over 200 South Korean people are scheduled to return home Friday from India.
The entrants are required to take a diagnostic test right after arriving here, and to be quarantined in the government-designated facilities for seven days if they test negative.
They will move to residential places for another seven-day self-isolation if they test negative in the second diagnosis.
They will be completely freed from the two-week isolation after passing the third virus test.
South Korea reported 541 more Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total number of infections to 124,269.
Among the new cases, 27 were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 8,427.
(IANS/2 days ago) https://www.newkerala.com/world-news.php
