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South Korea throws up innovative tech solutions in coronavirus fight

Chang May Choon

March 19, 2020 |

The Straits Times |

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Response Location: South Korea

South Korea has turned to creative measures to help contain the coronavirus pandemic, including setting up drive-through clinics sites and launching a mobile app for foreigners to monitor their health. The 50 different testing sites help to reduce the likelihood of transmission and increase efficiency for testing, while the "self-health-check mobile app" has had a high number of participants and usage rates. Local businesses and community members are also playing in role in devising creative solutions.

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Is Taiwan's impressive response to COVID-19 possible in Canada?

Vik Adhopia

March 19, 2020 |

CBC |

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Response Location: Taiwan

Although Taiwan and Canada saw the beginning of coronavirus outbreaks within days of each other, Taiwan has been able to better contain the spread. Using tactics such as integrating "its health insurance database with its immigration database" and using the military to help produce protective masks for medical workers, the Taiwanese government's aggressive approach offers lessons in how to use big data and regulations to stem the spread of infectious diseases.

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How the U.S. can defeat coronavirus: Heed Asia's lessons from past epidemics

Simon Denyer Shibani Mahtani

March 18, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: South Korea

As much of Europe and the United States are still in the early stages of trying to contain the coronavirus, countries in Asia offer several lessons in mitigation strategies. Rapid government intervention and regulation helped to slow the spread in Taiwan while in South Korea, increased transparency and mass testing – made possible because the country opened the process to the private sector – have shown to have helped flatten the curve of transmission.

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Coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in South Korea. What's the secret to its success?

Dennis Normile

March 17, 2020 |

Science Magazine |

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Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

As many countries grapple with the best way to contain the spread of coronavirus, South Korea has risen as an example of what a successful approach could look like. The country has among the highest rates of per-capita testing, which was feasible due to preparations made in the wake of the MERS epidemic in 2015. By leaning on data and enforcing quarantines, the country has slowed the spread, and protected health care workers, too.

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South Korea's coronavirus success story underscores how the U.S. initially failed

Ishaan Tharoor

March 17, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: South Korea

Unlike the United States, South Korea has seen rapid success in slowing the spread of coronavirus by implementing widespread testing protocols and increasing transparency. Instead of government officials giving updates, public health experts report to the public while throughout the nation pop-up and drive-through testing sites allow for mass-scale testing, all offered free of charge to citizens.

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How Vietnam Learned From China's Coronavirus Mistakes

Trien Vinh Le Huy Quynh Nguyen

March 17, 2020 |

The Diplomat |

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Response Location: Vietnam

China has seen success in containing the coronavirus through strict governmental oversight but when the virus made its way to Vietnam – a country with similar rule – the government enacted more transparent approaches and relied on social networks to mitigate the spread. Although it is yet to be seen if one methodology was superior to the other, Vietnam's strategy of accountability and transparency has "proved to be effective and furnished positive results."

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Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.

Isaac Scher

March 17, 2020 |

Business Insider |

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Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

Taiwan has been able to contain the spread of the coronavirus by implementing rapid intervention strategies and protocols from the onset of the public health crisis. Relying on "public-health infrastructure and data analytics, affordable healthcare, and extensive educational outreach," the country's government officials did not hesitate to act, partly due to lessons they had learned during the 2003 SARS crisis.

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Tracking the Coronavirus: How Crowded Asian Cities Tackled an Epidemic

Hannah Beech

March 17, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Singapore

Singapore among several other countries have been able to contain coronavirus by working to stay ahead of the spread, rather than confront the spread as it happens. Using strategies – some partially built after learning from failure during the SARS outbreak – such as rigorous contact tracing to determine who may have come into contact with an infected individual, these countries have shown, "early intervention is key."

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Commitment, transparency pay off as South Korea limits COVID-19 spread

Andrés Sánchez Braun

March 16, 2020 |

EURACTIV |

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Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

Weeks before the coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, Seoul, and other parts of South Korea set into motion a combination of "prevention and mitigation programs" that are now being touted as lessons for other countries struggling to contain the virus. Using technological advancements such as a national mobile phone alert system and mobile phone applications along with increased transparency around data collected, new reports of cases have slowed allowing the country to prepare for a potential surge later on.

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Containing coronavirus: lessons from Asia

Kathrin Hille Edward White

March 16, 2020 |

Financial Times |

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Response Location: Taiwan

Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan all implemented similar comprehensive public health emergency plans that successfully reduced the spread of coronavirus in each region. Although each country used tactics such as travel restrictions, widespread testing, transparent communication, and quarantine protocols, Taiwan and South Korea are emerging as models for other countries due to the structure of democracy.

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