South Korea to Charge Foreigners for COVID-19 Treatment

Here is something that any foreigner traveling to Korea should keep in mind, the Korean taxpayer will no longer pay for your COVID-19 treatment if you get sick:

The South Korean government on Sunday decided to push to revise the law to require foreign coronavirus patients to cover the costs of their treatment amid a spike in the number of new infections among foreigners arriving from abroad.

The decision was reached at a pan-governmental COVID-19 meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun.

Under the current law, in-hospital care and treatment costs for confirmed patients are covered by the government regardless of nationality. 

The health ministry will be in charge of revising regulations to demand treatment costs from foreigners who know they are infected with COVID-19 yet travel to Korea and those who end up confirmed with the coronavirus during their two-week quarantine period upon arrival.

Yonhap

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