Pathogens detected on 1 out of 8 international flights = South Korea

In South Korea, an investigation revealed that ``pathogens'' were detected on one out of eight international flights arriving from overseas.
The Korea Disease Control Agency announced, ``From July 31st to November 14th this year, international direct flights will be suspended.
As a result of testing 493 flights for cholera and 10 types of enteric bacteria, pathogenic bacteria were detected in a total of 58 flights (11.8%). For Incheon Airport, direct international flights
Pathogens were detected in 49 of the 222 flights (22.1%). The pathogenic bacteria detected this time were enterotoxic E. coli (39 cases), enteropathogenic E. coli (32 cases), Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica (
4 cases each), bacterial heterogeneity (2 cases), enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (1 case), etc. The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention will notify the airlines operating the aircraft in which the pathogen was detected and notify them of the test results and request that the aircraft be retired.
He asked for poison. In addition, the Disease Control Agency plans to increase the number of flights subject to inspection and the number of inspection items, periodically publish the results, and raise the sanitary standards of aircraft.
Meanwhile, the Disease Control Agency has reported that there have been reports of bed bugs onboard aircraft in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, raising concerns among the public regarding the influx of bed bugs.
Due to the current situation, we are also planning to temporarily inspect aircraft, ships, and cargo for bed bugs.