오늘 이라크 파견 근로자 수송 군용기 파견...사망자도 함께 온다
With the high number of COVID-19 cases in Iraq,... the South Korean government has sent two military aircraft to bring back its nationals who have been working as construction workers in the Middle Eastern nation.
Almost 300 people are set to arrive on Friday morning.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
105 South Korean construction workers arrived back home last week from Iraq.
Of them,... more than 40 have COVID-19.
With Iraq dealing with thousands of new infections each day,... the South Korean government has decided to bring back more of its nationals from the country.
On Friday, 297 South Koreans will arrive at Incheon International Airport on two military planes laid on by the government.
Of those returning,... the body of one South Korean worker who died from COVID-19.
Before the South Koreans boarded the aircraft,... they were thoroughly tested for COVID-19,... and will be seated accordingly.
"To prevent in-flight infection, the infected and non-infected will be separated and flights will be at 60-percent capacity."
Upon their arrival,... all of them will be tested again.
Those who have COVID-19 will be transferred to a treatment facility,... while those who test negative will be whisked off to a temporary living facility.
Medical personnel have been stationed in those temporary living facilities,... and their health status will be checked around-the-clock for two weeks.
However, with hundreds of essential workers still in Iraq, unable to return,... the South Korean government plans to provide them with remote health care services.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
