With two suspected Monkeypox infections confirmed to have entered Korea, President Yoon ordered accelerated approval of vaccines and antiviral drugs from quarantine authorities.

On the 22nd, President Yoon ordered, "Strengthen the management of entry and quarantine through airports and closely monitor the additional occurrence in Korea." Currently, the quarantine authorities are conducting tests on one foreigner suspected of being infected with Monkeypox and one Korean among domestic arrivals.

A suspected foreign infection entered the country by air on the 20th. From the 19th, blistering skin lesions occurred along with systemic symptoms such as sore throat and lymph node disease, and vis