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This image shows a duty-free mall at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Dec. 1. (Yonhap) |
South Korea has extended its special advisory against overseas travel for another month due to the global spread of the new omicron variant of COVID-19, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
In the advisory, the ministry recommended citizens to cancel or postpone non-essential trips abroad until Jan. 13, while asking those overseas to take measures to prevent exposure to the virus, such as refraining from going to large-scale events.
The travel advisory was first issued in March and has been extended every month as countries struggle with outbreaks of COVID-19 variants.
The ministry said it plans to review changing the special advisory in phases into a warning system for each country, depending on the virus situation and the vaccination rate in foreign nations and progress in travel bubble consultations. (Yonhap)
