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A 『travel log』 of the times in South Korea: Mapping the movements of coronavirus carriers @ 2020-03-14T16: Back Hot News
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DRIVE-THROUGH CENTERS HAVE HELPED SOUTH KOREA DO SOME OF THE FASTEST, MOST-EXTENSIVE TESTING OF ANY COUNTRY. AND WHILE NOBODY IS CLAIMING THAT SOUTH KOREA HAS DEFEATED THE OUTBREAK, EXPERTS CREDIT THE EMPHASIS ON TESTING WITH REDUCING CASE NUMBERS AND FATALITIES.
HOWEVER, THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS STILL MONITORING POTENTIAL FLARES OF CORONAVIRUS: NEW CLUSTERS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE EMERGED AT A SEOUL CALL CENTER, A CHURCH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU AND A GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN SEJONG, ABOUT 75 MILES FROM SEOUL.
SALES SUPPORT MANAGER KAT LIM, 49, WHO USED TO WORK IN A SOUTH KOREAN COMPANY IN SINGAPORE, RECALLED HOW HER THEN KOREAN COLLEAGUES COMPLAINED ABOUT SINGAPOREANS FAKING ILLNESS AND ABUSING THE LEAVE SYSTEM.
KOREA"S NEIGHBORS CHINA AND JAPAN DISAGREE, BANNING TRAVELERS FROM SOUTH KOREA"S WORST-AFFECTED REGIONS. DESPITE TOUGHER QUARANTINE MEASURES, JAPAN IS STRUGGLING AHEAD OF THE PRIZED SUMMER OLYMPICS.
『I WAS STUPIDLY OVERCONFIDENT』: A SOUTH KOREAN CORONAVIRUS SURVIVOR』S TALE
DALGONA COFFEE IS THE LATEST INSTAGRAM FOOD TREND IN SOUTH KOREA AS PEOPLE STAY HOME
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — IT WAS 2 A.M. WHEN KIM DO-GYUN CALLED SOUTH KOREA’S 24-HOUR CORONAVIRUS HOTLINE. HE HAD A FEVER AFTER RETURNING FROM MALAYSIA. THE HOTLINE ADVICE: GET TESTED.
THERE ARE STILL NINE TROOPS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CIVILIANS AND OTHER DEFENSE DEPARTMENT-AFFILIATED PERSONNEL BEING TREATED FOR CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTH KOREA , U.S. FORCES KOREA』S COMMANDERS TOLD REPORTERS FRIDAY, WITH 55 UNDER SELF-QUARANTINE, DOWN FROM 77 SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
KUHN: SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS NEARLY 8,000 COVID-19 CASES. AND WHILE NEW ONES ARE STILL EMERGING, THE RATE OF INCREASE HAS BEEN SLOWING SINCE FEBRUARY 29. HE SAYS THAT HAD SOUTH KOREA HAD BEEN SLOWER TO TEST PEOPLE, THERE COULD BE TENS OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CASES AND FAR MORE DEATHS.
LETTERS | KEEPING CORONAVIRUS IN CHECK: SOUTH KOREA SHOWING THE WAY WITH TRANSPARENCY AND SKILL
「SOUTH KOREA』S MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST THE VIRUS HAS BEEN TO RAPIDLY EXPAND TESTING…210,000 SOUTH KOREANS HAVE BEEN TESTED SINCE JAN. 3,」 THE WASHINGTON POST』S JOSH ROGIN WRITES.
"DETECTING PATIENTS AT AN EARLY STAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT," SOUTH KOREA"S HEALTH MINISTER PARK NEUNG-HU TOLD CNN MONDAY. "SOUTH KOREA IS AN OPEN SOCIETY AND WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE MOVING AROUND AND TRAVELING.
MR. KIM』S SISTER AND POLICY AIDE, KIM YO-JONG, CALLED THE SOUTH KOREAN REACTION 「IDIOTIC.」 BUT MR. KIM ON WEDNESDAY SENT A PERSONAL LETTER TO SOUTH KOREA』S PRESIDENT, MOON JAE-IN, EXPRESSING HIS BEST WISHES FOR THE SOUTH IN ITS BATTLE AGAINST A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AND RECONFIRMING HIS 「UNWAVERING FRIENDSHIP AND TRUST TOWARD PRESIDENT MOON,」 THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SAID.
SO FAR, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN ARE AMONG THE FEW COUNTRIES TO HAVE DEMONSTRATED ROBUST AND CONSISTENT SOPS. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THAT EACH HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL FOLLOWING PRIOR EXPERIENCES WITH SARS AND MERS. SOUTH KOREA』S SOP ESSENTIALLY CALLS FOR FIVE STEPS: AN AGGRESSIVE AND TRANSPARENT INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, HIGH VOLUME TESTING, QUARANTINE OF INFECTED INDIVIDUALS, TREATMENT OF THOSE IN NEED, AND DISINFECTION OF CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS. THESE MAY SEEM LIKE OBVIOUS MEASURES, BUT PROPER EXECUTION IS ULTIMATELY WHAT DECIDES THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.
DURING THE MERS OUTBREAK, SOUTH KOREA FACED A LACK OF TESTING KITS AND AFTERWARD PUT IN PLACE A SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE APPROVALS. AFTER THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN CHINA, A KOREAN BIOTECH COMPANY WAS ABLE TO GET EMERGENCY APPROVAL FOR A TEST KIT IN ABOUT A WEEK.
THE OTHER MODEL IS SOUTH KOREA』S MASSIVE FREE TESTING AND TREATMENT, WHICH ALSO CORRALLED THE DISEASE AND KEPT INFECTION RATES LOW. MORTALITY RATES ARE EVEN LOWER AT JUST UNDER 1%.
ONCE THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS SPREAD BEYOND CHINA"S BORDERS, IT GAINED THREE INITIAL FOOTHOLDS INTERNATIONALLY - IN SOUTH KOREA, ITALY AND IRAN. ALL THREE OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE EXPERIENCED CONTRASTING FORTUNES IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS. ITALY, A COUNTRY OF SOME 60 MILLION PEOPLE, IS UNDER COMPLETE LOCKDOWN UNTIL EARLY APRIL WHILE IRAN APPEARS TO HAVE FAR MORE CASES THAN IT"S LETTING ON WITH NUMEROUS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INFECTED. SO FAR, IRAN HAS REPORTED OVER 8,000 CONFIRMED CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS WITH JUST UNDER 300 DEATHS. IN SOUTH KOREA, THERE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS THAT THE OUTBREAK IS STABILIZING AND THAT AUTHORITIES ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN FLATTENING THE CURVE.

 

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