[The First Master Plan for Quarantine Management to Prevent Foreign Public Health Threats (2023-2027)]

Quarantine is an important measure of protecting public health and minimizing social and economic burden by preventing and managing the diffusion or inflow of public health threats from other countries. The Master Plan for Quarantine Management establishes an objective for the quarantine policy and suggests strategies for a 5-year period by analyzing the past quarantine management protocols. This article outlines the direction of the Republic of Korea's quarantine management for health security, emphasizing its increased importance with the introduction of a master plan for quarantine management.