Contact tracing app. to be used just like S KOREA....playing catchup again!13 Apr 2020 19:56
KOREA POP 51M, MOBILISED NATIONWIDE TO CONTROL COVID-19, HAVING LEARNT FROM MERS IN 2015
When it comes to the novel coronavirus, South Korea has taken tracing to a new level. When passengers deplane at Incheon International Airport near Seoul, they pass through mandatory temperature checks and are required to download the health ministry’s self-diagnosis app. Once at their destinations, they must use the app every day to self-report any symptoms of COVID-19
The movements of those who test positive are tracked, and other people in their vicinity receive social-distancing alerts on their phones.
But South Korea’s surveillance is only one small aspect of what has become the gold standard for flattening the curve. The South Korean response—a blend of quick action and policy innovations coordinated by the national government—has proven enormously effective in containing the COVID-19 outbreak and can provide lessons for other countries, such as the United States, which have faltered by comparison.
At the end of January—just nine days after that first positive case—the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and the National Health Insurance Service established a “1339” call center to update the public and collect case data. At the same time, the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency started supplying more than 700,000 facemasks to vulnerable workplaces. About two weeks after the first case was confirmed, the government approved and distributed test kits capable of producing results in six hours. South Korea then proceeded to test more than 20,000 people daily.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-04-10/south-korea-offers-lesson-best-practices
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