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• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  Covid-19: How South Korea Triumphed, and the US Floundered, Over the Pandemic

  20 March 2020, by SHORROCK Tim

  Testing, national health care, and transparency saved the day.
  On March 12, a startling chyron went up on CNN’s Mid-Morning News after a congressional briefing on the rapid spread of the dangerous coronavirus known as Covid-19. “Health officials tell lawmakers only about 11,000 people tested for (...)

• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  Korea: Statement on COVID-19 outbreak and responses in South Korea

  19 March 2020, by People’s Health Movement (PHM)

  South Korea (hereafter Korea)’s COVID-19 outbreak and response are still ongoing, and assessment of it is rather hasty. But we share this conditional statement because we think it is our responsibility to share Korea’s experience with civil society around the world, which is experiencing COVID-19 (...)

• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  Pandemics: South Korea’s coronavirus response is the opposite of China and Italy – and it’s working

  14 March 2020, by POWER John

  • Seoul’s handling of the outbreak emphasises transparency and relies heavily on public cooperation in place of hardline measures such as lockdowns
  • While uncertainties remain, it is increasingly viewed by public health experts as a model to emulate for authorities desperate to keep Covid-19 in (...)

• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  Coronavirus: South Korea’s infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns like China, Italy — Aggressive testing gives clues

  10 March 2020, by PARK Chan-kyong, POWER John

  • South Korea had 7,513 cases as of Monday, with daily infections falling for a fourth consecutive day
  • Officials attribute the decrease to mass testing, improved public communication and the use of advanced technology
  South Korea has seen a steady decrease in new coronavirus cases for four (...)

• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  South Korea’s Covid-19 Crisis: A Work of a Millennial Sect?

  2 March 2020, by WON Youngsu

  The abrupt, huge explosion of Covid-19 contagion gave a tremendous shock to all South Koreans except for a minority millennial sect. On the first day of March, the number has rapidly grown to over 3,700, with 20 deaths, a huge increase compared with less than a hundred two weeks ago.
  Out of (...)

• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  Coronavirus Outbreak: South Korea reports 231 new cases, seventh death as infections leap to 833

  23 February 2020, by PARK Chan-kyong, Press Agencies

  • More than 100 of the new cases were linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu
  • South Korean airlines halt flights to Daegu a day after the country raised its virus alert to the highest level
  South Korea reported 231 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of (...)

• Epidemics (health, South Korea)

  Outbreak - ’It’s ruining everyone’: eerie quiet reigns in coronavirus-hit South Korean city

  23 February 2020, by KIM Nemo

  More than half of the country’s 602 cases have been traced to a church in Daegu.
  Sunday morning found Kim Tae-woo sitting in his convenience store at the normally bustling East Daegu train station, counting the day’s customers on the fingers of one hand.
  “Things are beyond quiet here,” he said. (...)