On the morning of the 5th, the first day of the mandatory submission of a COVID-19 negative certificate for all domestic and foreign passengers boarding flights bound for Korea from China, immigrants from China are heading to the Corona 19 test center at the arrivals hall of Incheon International Airport Terminal 1. | Yonhap News
A Chinese man in his 40s who fled following arriving from China on the 3rd following being diagnosed with Corona 19 and refusing to be quarantined at a hotel, a temporary living facility, was caught by the police in Seoul on the 5th, two days later.
The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it had arrested a 41-year-old Chinese national who was hiding in a hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul at around 12:55 p.m.
Mr. A is suspected of refusing quarantine and fleeing due to the confirmation of Corona 19 near a hotel, a temporary living facility in Yeongjong Island, Jung-gu, Incheon, at around 10:4 pm on the 3rd.
Hotel closed-circuit (CC) TV showed the quarantine bus arriving at the parking lot and 6 minutes later, Mr. A, who got out of the vehicle, ran away. It was found that Mr. A went to a large supermarket in Yeongjong Island, regarding 300 meters away from the hotel, and took a taxi to Seoul.
After arriving at Incheon Airport on a passenger flight from China on the 3rd, Mr. A was tested positive in the Corona 19 PCR (genetic amplification) test and was scheduled to be quarantined in a hotel.
The police plan to investigate the reason for the escape and the route of movement following confiscating Mr. A at the Yeongjong Island Hotel in Incheon, where he fled.
A police official said, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will identify the people Mr. A came into contact with while on the run.”
Mr. A will be sentenced to up to one year in prison or a fine of up to 10 million won for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention Act.