New COVID-19 variants are spreading across the globe. To try to stop these variants entering Korea, as of January 8th, all foreign visitors are required to get a mandatory negative PCR test before their flight. We talked to four visitors who recently came to South Korea about their experience… from arrival at the airport to self-quarantine On the first day of new measures being imposed, Yasmin Benhaddi was one of the first group of people who experienced the stricter guidelines.
For her, getting a PCR document was a hurdle. The most confusing part was about getting the result issued in Korean or English because when you are coming from non-English speaking country. It s pretty difficult to find the lab that can issue the result. However, once you find one, it s pretty easy to get through the whole process.