Health Policy Manag.  2018 Sep;28(3):301-307. 10.4332/KJHPA.2018.28.3.301.

A Study on the Improvement of Quarantine Act for Effective Quarantine System

• Lee YH
• Kim MS
• Lee J

• KMID: 2422539
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2018.28.3.301

Abstract

The development of transport is being easily shared with people all over the world. It is necessary to appropriately and effectively revise the domestic quarantine law because the fatal infectious diseases are at risk of being easily shared. Today, Korea has an advanced quarantine system approved by World Health Organization, but it maintains partnerships with related ministries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, local medical institutions) and to introduce new medical technology (electronic quarantine) is important. And since the prevention of quarantine infectious diseases and prevention of the spread, in order to maintain international cooperation with the International Health Regulations, the quarantine law and the system should be amended and improved effectively and it is also a way to prepare for the outbreak of new quarantine infectious diseases. In the past, Korea has experienced great confusion during the past outbreak of swine flu and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. To prevent similar cases from recurring in the past, the revision of the quarantine law and the improvement of the system should be done to cope with the changing environment (new infections, increased number of overseas travelers, etc.).

Keyword

Quarantine; Quarantine Law; Entry point; Quarantine disease; Quarantine system

MeSH Terms

Communicable Diseases
International Cooperation
Jurisprudence
Korea
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Quarantine*
Social Control, Formal
Social Justice
Swine
World Health Organization