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Wall Street Journal (WSJ). © News1The Wall Street Journal of the United States (WSJ) dedicated the main website to the 25th (local time) and analyzed the secrets of the success of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea.
WSJ said in a lengthy article titled “How Korea Successfully Coped With Corona 19” on this day, “Korea appears to have cracked the coronavirus response code. The solution is simple, flexible, and relatively easy to follow.” Said.
WSJ compared the number of new confirmed cases in Korea (average 77 per day) with the United States (480) since early April, and said that during the early months of the pandemic, South Korea better prevented the spread of Corona 19. among rich countries around the world. did.
WSJ said: “Citing the United Nations report, Korea blocked the spread of infected people to others twice as effectively as the United States and the United Kingdom.” “WSJ analyzed that” Korea’s secret to success, unlike any other country, comes from a combination of centralized diagnostic testing, communication and technology, and constant fear of failure. “For example, WSJ quickly approved a kit. A national diagnostic test in the early stages of the outbreak, he cited relatively extensive finances, a system for reporting and tracking infected people, and a government-run supply of masks.
Dale Fisher, president of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Outbreak Response Network, told WSJ that “no country in the world has adapted to living with the virus and suppressing it like South Korea.”
WSJ said: “In Korea, almost everyone wears masks, and all confirmed cases, including those with no or mild symptoms, are quarantined in government-run hospitals. The treatment fee is free, ”he said.
As a result, small business owners and businesses were able to continue their operations without a large-scale lockdown, so the economic impact was relatively small, the WSJ analyzed.
WSJ said this was a painful lesson learned from the 2015 MERS outbreak. It is explained that it was possible to respond quickly because a mock training was held twice a year to prepare for the rapid spread of viral diseases such as Ebola and influenza after of the MERS.
WSJ said: “Religious and civic groups have filed a lawsuit alleging that the Korean government’s response violates personal freedom, and in August, Corona 19 has spread to 15 major cities and provinces.” I said a lot.
However, “considering the rate of confirmed cases, the number of daily diagnostic tests in Korea is six times that of the United States,” he said. “Korea chose to live with the virus rather than eradicate the virus. Thanks to these measures, Korea recorded the fewest confirmed cases in just one month on the 21st.”
(Seoul = News 1)
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