Fighting COVID-19
Work smart, travel alone, eat out fast: South Korea’s prescription for coronavirus recovery
| Eyes of World |On April 24, the Reuters reported that the South Korean government, which has successfully curbed the spread of the coronavirus, has issued guidelines to recover from the virus crisis and return to daily life. South Korea outlined guidelines on...
Development of test kits for COVID-19 and control the virus in South Korea
| Fighting COVID-19 |South Korea has been continuing aggressive and large-scale diagnostic tests since the early days of the virus' spread. Korea's response was highly reported by foreign media, and most of all, they paid much attention to the total number of tested...
Ahead of the curve: South Korea’s evolving strategy to prevent a coronavirus resurgence
| Fighting COVID-19 |South Korea, which has succeeded in controlling the spread of the coronavirus, is now seeking ways to prevent the second wave of the virus in the future. On April 8, the Reuters reported about South Korea's plan to prevent the virus from...
South Korea’s strategy to deal with COVID-19
| Fighting COVID-19 |The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Korea occurred on January 20. Since then, Korea has rapidly increased the number of infected people to record the second largest number of confirmed cases in the world after China, but because of active and...
More COVID-19 Testing for South Korea
| Fighting COVID-19 |According to the Hawai Public Radio, South Korea appears to be a relative success story when it comes to dealing with COVID-19. On Friday, the number of the cases in the country passed 10,000. But even though South Korea has “flattened the curve”...
Covid-19: South Koreans keep calm and carry on testing
| Fighting COVID-19 |Covid-19 testing tents are one of the few signs of activity on Seoul’s streets these days. While the number of new confirmed cases across South Korea has stayed below 100 for three days in a row, these makeshift testing centres are spearheading...
How this South Korean company created coronavirus test kits in three weeks
| Fighting COVID-19 | CNN, US news agency, reported on how Korea has quickly developed the test kits for coronavirus on 13th of March. On January 16, Chun Jong-yoon, the chief executive and founder of molecular biotech company Seegene, started focusing on coronavirus....
Coronavirus in South Korea: How ‘trace, test and treat’ may be saving lives
| Fighting COVID-19 |According to the BBC article reported on 12th of March, nearly 20,000 people are being tested every day for coronavirus in South Korea in a network of 96 public and private laboratories to test for the virus. Health officials believe this approach...