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The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response

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Testing and tracing were the key to slowing the spread of coronavirus. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab In South Korea, citizens have flattened the curve of the novel coronavirus -- and it's because of lessons they learned from fighting the MERS outbreak in 2015. Through a combination of aggressive and widespread testing measures, along with a system know as “contact tracing,” they’ve been better positioned to spot the path of the virus and curb its spread. While they are still vigilant for a second wave of Covid-19 cases, people in South Korea are slowly returning to public life. Watch the video above to find out how their testing and contact tracing measures work, and how it can be a lesson for countries still in lockdown. You can learn more about the 205 MERS outbreak in South Korea and the lessons learned from it here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/... https://www.who.int/ …...more
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The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response
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Testing and tracing were the key to slowing the spread of coronavirus. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab In South Korea, citizens have flattened the curve of the novel coronavirus -- and it's because of lessons they learned from fighting the MERS outbreak in 2015. Through a combination of aggressive and widespread testing measures, along with a system know as “contact tracing,” they’ve been better positioned to spot the path of the virus and curb its spread. While they are still vigilant for a second wave of Covid-19 cases, people in South Korea are slowly returning to public life. Watch the video above to find out how their testing and contact tracing measures work, and how it can be a lesson for countries still in lockdown. You can learn more about the 205 MERS outbreak in South Korea and the lessons learned from it here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/... https://www.who.int/emergencies/mers-... If you are interested in the first reported cases in Wuhan, China you can check out their public announcement here: http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/sho... This Reuters Graphics piece has a great timeline and visualization of the coronavirus clusters in South Korea: https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HE... You can read South Korea’s Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act to learn more about the tools the government has at its disposal to request location information during outbreaks here: http://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?l... To learn more about Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong’s handling of the coronavirus check out this TIME article: https://time.com/5802293/coronavirus-... You can check out all of our coronavirus videos via this playlist:    • Coronavirus – Vox   And finally, for all things coronavirus, head over to our Coronavirus, Explained hub where we have all of our extensive coronavirus coverage: https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19 Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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