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Dec 21, 2020 · This case study focuses on the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 outbreak, its impacts and the measures South Korea undertook during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the first case was confirmed on 20 January 2020, South Korea has been actively experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak. In the early stage of the pandemic, South ...
- Eunsun Jeong, Munire Hagose, Hyungul Jung, Moran Ki, Antoine Flahault
- 10.3390/ijerph17249571
- 2020
- 2020/12
Nov 23, 2021 · South Korea has donated over P10.6 billion to the Philippines for its coronavirus pandemic response over the past two years. The Korean Embassy in the Philippines disclosed that since the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, the Republic of Korea has contributed P10.6 billion, including COVID-19 vaccines, additional funds ...
Nov 1, 2020 · Travel restrictions. Travel restrictions in the Philippines were imposed as early as 28 January, before the first confirmed case was reported on 30 January (Fig. 1a).() After the first few COVID-19 cases and deaths, the Government conducted contact tracing and imposed additional travel restrictions, with arrivals from restricted countries subject to 14-day quarantine and testing
- Arianna Maever L Amit, Arianna Maever L Amit, Veincent Christian F Pepito, Veincent Christian F Pepi...
- 10.5365/wpsar.2020.11.1.014
- 2021
- Jan-Mar 2021
- Importation Risk of The Countries
- Effect of Travel Restriction on Imported Cases
- Other Travel-Related Measures
- Effect of Travel Restriction on Local Cases
- Limitations
The risk of importation from China largely diminished after the initial stages. Despite local epidemics in various countries, the largest risk of importation stemmed from Europe, as cases with related travel history emerged as early as two weeks before Europe was declared an epicenter. Singapore received the most cases epidemiologically linked to E...
While an overall reduction in rate of change of imported cases was observed for all four countries after the first and final wave of restriction imposition, the persistent rise in imported cases following the Europe-targeted travel restriction suggests the ineffectiveness of travel bans once epidemics become widespread. The effectiveness of travel ...
Airport screening is commonly the first line of defense in border surveillance. While Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan supplemented it with travel bans and quarantines throughout the course of the pandemic, South Korea employed it as its main mode of defense for the longest period. Its special entry procedure encompassed a health and travel declarat...
No obvious correlation was detected between the rate of change in imported and local cases. Correlation analysis of the rate of change in imported and local cases following all waves of restriction was unremarkable – relationship between imported and local cases were largely positive but weak for all countries. A decreasing trend was only observed ...
There are a few limitations in this study. First, inconsistencies in reporting by the countries limited several aspects of the analysis. As Singapore did not report symptom onset date and South Korea reported neither symptom onset dates of cases nor individualized case data, cases in our analysis were based on confirmation date instead of symptom o...
- Sylvia Xiao Wei Gwee, Pearleen Ee Yong Chua, Min Xian Wang, Junxiong Pang
- 2021
Jun 30, 2020 · Introduction. South Korea’s response to COVID-19 has been impressive. Building on its experience handling Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), South Korea was able to flatten the epidemic curve quickly without closing businesses, issuing stay-at-home orders, or implementing many of the stricter measures adopted by other high-income countries until late 2020.
Aug 20, 2021 · Vaccine missteps. In February 2021, the Philippines was due to receive its first shipments of vaccine—doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced in South Korea and distributed by the World Health Organization-affiliated global COVAX facility, which aims to deliver fair and equitable access to covid-19 vaccines.
Apr 3, 2021 · When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country last year, South Korea responded by giving monetary assistance and in-kind donations. “Korea-Philippines relations have grown over the past 72 years not just in terms of trading volume or tourist visits but also always caring foremost and at every step about the well-being of the people.
