South Korea Scraps Pre-Travel COVID-19 Tests for Inbound Travelers

South Korea Scraps Pre-Travel COVID-19 Tests for Inbound Travelers
Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on March 25, 2022. Heo Ran/Reuters
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South Korea announced Wednesday that it will further relax its border measures and lift its pre-travel COVID-19 test requirement for all arrivals beginning in September as the country’s recent outbreak has stabilized.

Second Vice Health Minister Lee Ki-il said that travelers will no longer be required to present a negative test result within 48 hours of departure for their travels into the country, but they will still need to take a COVID-19 test within 24 hours of their arrival.