The Evolving Policy Debate on Border Closure in Korea

Kang, Su JIn; Moon, Jihyun; Kang, Hee-Won; Nam, Hee-kyoung; Tak, Sangwoo; Cho, Sung-Il

doi:10.3961/jpmph.20.213

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“…Many countries have implemented border closures and transportation/travel restrictions in an attempt to minimize the importation or exportation of infectious COVID-19 cases ( Kang et al., 2020 ). However, this may be leading to a number of unintended processes related to increasing overdoses.…”

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Pathways between COVID-19 public health responses and increasing overdose risks: A rapid review and conceptual framework

Nguyen

Buxton

2021

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Pathways between COVID-19 public health responses and increasing overdose risks: A rapid review and conceptual framework

Nguyen

Buxton

2021

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…Several travel-related control measures have been taken to reduce the risk of importation 4 . For example, Korea has conducted body temperature screening, health status surveys (presence of any COVID-19 related symptoms in the last 14-days), and received travel record declaration forms from all entrants since 19 March 5 .…”

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A measure to estimate the risk of imported COVID-19 cases and its application for evaluating travel-related control measures

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Min

Jeon

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High connectivity between nations facilitates the spread of infectious diseases. We introduce an improved measure to estimate the risk of COVID-19 importation. The measure was applied to identify the effectiveness of travel-related control measures. We estimated the risk of importation, using the product of air-travel volume and COVID-19 prevalence in the area-of-origin. Travel volumes were acquired through real-time mobile data, and prevalence was calculated considering the time-varying strength of the COVID-19 testing policy. With the measure, the number of expected-imported cases was calculated, and compared with the reported-imported COVID-19 cases before and after post-entry quarantine for all entrants. The expected and reported-imported cases were well fitted (R2 = 0.8). A maximum of 35 undetected-imported cases was estimated to have entered Seoul, before the first imported COVID-19 case was confirmed. With the travel-related control measures, at most, 48 (73%) imported cases could be isolated from the local community. Our measure predicted trends in imported COVID-19 cases well. The method used to develop the measure can be applied to future emerging infectious diseases. Our results provide a ‘real-world’ evidence that travel-related control measures are effective at curbing further COVID-19 transmission.

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“…Initial WHO recommendations regarding travel restrictions was in line with the International Health Regulation (IHR) not to restrict travel (2). Globally, responses have been swift and in full influenza pandemic control mode (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Travel-related control measures comprised different interventions, including the complete closure of national borders to entry or exit, or both; full or partial travel restrictions across borders (e.g., denial of entry or exit based on the nationality, travel history, health status or other characteristics); entry and exit screening at borders based on symptoms or testing; and quarantine of travelers.…”

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Classification Schemes of COVID-19 High Risk Areas and Resulting Policies: A Rapid Review

Uthman

Adetokunboh

Wiysonge

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Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant global health threat since January 2020. Policies to reduce human mobility have been recognized to effectively control the spread of COVID-19; although the relationship between mobility, policy implementation, and virus spread remains contentious, with no clear pattern for how countries classify each other, and determine the destinations to- and from which to restrict travel. In this rapid review, we identified country classification schemes for high-risk COVID-19 areas and associated policies which mirrored the dynamic situation in 2020, with the aim of identifying any patterns that could indicate the effectiveness of such policies. We searched academic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, medRxiv, Google Scholar, and EMBASE. We also consulted web pages of the relevant government institutions in all countries. This rapid review's searches were conducted between October 2020 and December 2021. Web scraping of policy documents yielded additional 43 country reports on high-risk area classification schemes. In 43 countries from which relevant reports were identified, six issued domestic classification schemes. International classification schemes were issued by the remaining 38 countries, and these mainly used case incidence per 100,000 inhabitants as key indicator. The case incidence cut-off also varied across the countries, ranging from 20 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 7 days to more than 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 28 days. The criteria used for defining high-risk areas varied across countries, including case count, positivity rate, composite risk scores, community transmission and satisfactory laboratory testing. Countries either used case incidence in the past 7, 14 or 28 days. The resulting policies included restrictions on internal movement and international travel. The quarantine policies can be summarized into three categories: (1) 14 days self-isolation, (2) 10 days self-isolation and (3) 14 days compulsory isolation.

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The Evolving Policy Debate on Border Closure in Korea

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Pathways between COVID-19 public health responses and increasing overdose risks: A rapid review and conceptual framework

Pathways between COVID-19 public health responses and increasing overdose risks: A rapid review and conceptual framework

A measure to estimate the risk of imported COVID-19 cases and its application for evaluating travel-related control measures

Classification Schemes of COVID-19 High Risk Areas and Resulting Policies: A Rapid Review

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