What can other countries learn from South Korea’s COVID-19 responses?

Shahi, Prakash; Tamang, Pasang; Rokaya, Yagya Bahadur

doi:10.46405/ejms.v2i1.51

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“…34 Countries such as South Korea have adopted contact tracing and isolating strategy and have successfully been able to manage the pandemic without being expensive. 35,36 A widespread implementation of response measures such as wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks, following strict hygiene routine, social distancing, paid self-quarantine, and ongoing surveillance via testing and possibly phone tracking are effective in reducing transmission as well as reducing the deaths due to COVID-19. 30 However, these are not cheap options for a resource-poor country like Nepal.…”

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Effects of COVID-19 during lockdown in Nepal

Mahato

Tamang

Simkhada

et al. 2020

Europasian J Med Sci.

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Nepal started its full lockdown on March 24, 2020 and has been extended until 14 June 2020 as a precaution for prevention of COVID-19 infection. However, the strict lockdown has been criticised by many as not all the deaths are caused by COVID-19. The long and strict lockdown have had some negative effects in many aspects of health of an individual in the community. Many women are facing barriers to access maternity health care during the lockdown period and there has been rise in the suicidal behaviour such as sucidal attempt and actual suicide itself among the general population. As the lockdown began in Nepal, all the school and colleges were suspended, and children were forced to spend their time indoors and exams has been postponed leaving the students stressed about the uncertainty of their future. Social distancing, isolation and quarantine at home can result in isolated in an abusive home where there could be even more increase in abuse during such crisis. Millions of babies are missing the routine vaccinations which is a threat to global achievement in immunization. Apart from the rise in negative impact on health of Nepali people, there are other impacts related to health such as serious impacts on logistics and supply management including shortage of medicine and food supply; and impacts on farming including both production and sale. Nepal took several precautionary measures as a response towards COVID-19 such as First, limiting international air travel, sealing the land border-crossings with India and introduction of social distancing measures. However, with rise in deaths due to non COVID related causes and negative impacts on economic and financial condition of the country, there is a need for the country to ease its lockdown. Contact tracing, making face mask mandatory along with social distancing measure can be an alternative to lockdown for Nepal while the country is preparing to ease its lockdown. Social distancing, hygiene, lifestyle factors and PPE measures need to continue for long term, whilst we need to keep working on the big public health issues such as poverty reduction, improving access to health service to achieve universal health coverage.

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Effects of COVID-19 during lockdown in Nepal

Mahato

Tamang

Simkhada

et al. 2020

Europasian J Med Sci.

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“…Hundreds of the church's leaders attended their international missionary outreach gathering in Wuhan, China and returned to Korea in January 2020. In the meantime, the number of confirmed patients increased explosively-up to 7,513 on March 10, 2020 [41,42,43].…”

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Balancing Personal Privacy and Public Safety During COVID-19: The Case of South Korea

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There has been vigorous debate on how different countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. To secure public safety, South Korea actively used personal information at the risk of personal privacy whereas France encouraged voluntary cooperation at the risk of public safety. In this article, after a brief comparison of contextual differences with France, we focus on South Korea's approaches to epidemiological investigations. To evaluate the issues pertaining to personal privacy and public health, we examine the usage patterns of original data, de-identification data, and encrypted data. Our specific proposal discusses the COVID index, which considers collective infection, outbreak intensity, availability of medical infrastructure, and the death rate. Finally, we summarize the findings and lessons for future research and the policy implications.

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“…For such activities, proper quarantine and isolation setup, audio-visual educational awareness campaigns, proper communication strategies for preventive measures to make the general public understand the procedure of safety concerns regarding the prevention of virus can be conducted in different places. 3,15,18 Safeguarding of all frontline professionals and availability of adequate resources at the national and local level are essential in such crises. Healthcare workers including physicians, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory technologists; every responsible citizens including different influencers, and female community health volunteers 19 along with the government should work on raising awareness about COVID-19 and help reduce the stigmatization and mental stress reaped from the terror of this disease, and help to manage people under poverty with consideration of social, economic and mental level as well.…”

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COVID-19 Status in Nepal and the Way Forward

Budhathoki¹,

Shrestha²,

Khadka

et al. 2020

Europasian J Med Sci.

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020 due to its global spread. The progression of disease is still at the same speed and the low and middle income countries (LMICs) like Nepal are in a vulnerable state. Starting from the first reported case in January, there have been a total 99 cases as of 7 May 2020 with the chance of further increment in number, but there is no death due to COVID-19 at all in Nepal. The expansion and decentralization of healthcare facilities along with lockdown approach are praiseworthy to contain and treat the disease, however there is still a lack of adequate resources for effective enrichment of healthcare facilities. Poor border security, lack of sufficient health resources, proper health waste management, and social stigmatization remain a major problem for the country. There is not any approved therapy for the treatment of COVID-19, therefore prevention is the best way of effective management in Nepal. The most valid strategy is the application of preventive measures through hand-washing, social distancing, and increasing mass awareness through audio-visual aids about the disease. Simultaneously, the preparedness for effective treatment strategies and application to every healthcare institution handling COVID-19 cases is mandatory.

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What can other countries learn from South Korea’s COVID-19 responses?

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Effects of COVID-19 during lockdown in Nepal

Effects of COVID-19 during lockdown in Nepal

Balancing Personal Privacy and Public Safety During COVID-19: The Case of South Korea

COVID-19 Status in Nepal and the Way Forward

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