The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and Naver will launch the ‘Naver Quarantine Information Pre-entry Service’ on December 15, which links Q-CODE with Naver Pass. This service significantly reduces the time required to enter quarantine information for overseas arrivals by automatically inputting some information using Naver member data.
According to the Quarantine Act, the KDCA designates areas with a potential risk of infectious disease as quarantine management areas and requires visitors from these areas to submit a health status questionnaire along with personal information upon entry. Q-CODE is a system that allows overseas arrivals to pre-enter their health status questionnaire via mobile, receive a QR code, and undergo a quick quarantine inspection.
With this new Naver Q-CODE linked service, Naver member information is automatically linked, allowing users to skip 6 out of the 11 required personal information items and only enter 5 items. The Naver Quarantine Information Pre-entry Service can be accessed by searching on Naver, through the Naver app menu, or via a link provided on the existing KDCA Q-CODE website.
Naver and the KDCA have introduced this service to prevent the entry of infectious diseases and enable users to enter the country quickly and conveniently. The KDCA Commissioner expects that this Naver linkage will improve quarantine efficiency at the entry stage and help reduce the risk of infectious disease entry.