해외입국자 2주간 의무격리…"격리위반시 무관용 처벌"<br /><br />South Korea says that among the new COVID-19 cases, it's seeing a high proportion of them brought in from overseas.<br />People arriving from other countries now have to self-isolate for two weeks.<br />And the government has reiterated that it's enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for those who break the rules.<br />Kim Ji-yeon has more on those measures and the latest COVID-19 figures.<br />South Korea on Wednesday reported 101 newly confirmed cases,... raising the total to 9-thousand-887.<br />A growing number of them are from overseas.<br />The Central Disease Control Headquarters said... one-third of the new cases confirmed in the past two weeks... were people who'd come in from other countries or had been in contact with others who had.<br />The Seoul Metropolitan Government said imported cases were also the main cause of infections in the capital.<br />But the number of people entering the country has fallen dramatically since the start of the year.<br />In the last week of March, there were just 50-thousand, and at the same time the country has strengthened its quarantine measures.<br />From Wednesday, all people arriving from overseas have to go into self-isolation for 14 days, a measure that was originally applied only to those from Europe and the U.S.<br />"Those who violate the quarantine rules could sentenced to up to one year in prison or a fine of up to 10 million won about 8-thousand-100 dollars. Foreigners could be deported."<br />The South Korean authorities are also on high alert over virus transmissions in hospitals.<br />A cluster infection at a psychiatric hospital in the city of Daegu has grown to 135 cases, and one patient there a 57-year-old male died on Wednesday.<br />Also, 43 patients at Asan Medical Center, a major hospital in southern Seoul, have been placed in cohort isolation, meaning a complete lockdown,... after a young patient tested positive.<br />The authorities said, however, that the center will be up and running in days... now that some five-hundred people that had been in contact with the patient have tested negative.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.<br />
