As the number of coronavirus infection-19 (corona19) patients in Japan increased rapidly, the Japanese Sankei Shimbun, which had led the Korean criticism, also introduced Korea's response as a best practice.

The Sankei Shimbun reported today (5th) in an article titled `` Knowing 90% of Korea's Infection Pathway '' that Korea has braked Corona 19's growth by thorough tracking of the masses and the trauma of infected people.

The newspaper reported on the 2nd of this month that President of the Republic of Korea, President Duque Marques, who had a telephone conversation with President Moon Jae-in, responded that he would like to learn from Korea's response. After the end of the talks, he talked with the leaders of 16 countries, explaining that there were many who chose Korea's defense system as a model.

"It is a diagnostic kit made in Korea that can determine the presence or absence of infection in 4 to 6 hours," said Sankei. I have crossed the country. "

Subsequently, the manufacturer of the diagnostic kit began development in early January, when there were no confirmed patients in Korea, and the authorities applied for a one-and-a-half-year license review as an emergency approval system that shortened to two weeks in the event of an epidemic. It was evaluated as a change after the situation.

Sankei introduced that Korea used a diagnostic kit to quickly test and thoroughly investigate the path of the infected person, saying that "the number of infected patients has exceeded 10,000, but more than 6,000 have already been cured, and the spread of infection has been visibly slowed." Diagnosed.

When the infection spread in Daegu, the newspaper assessed that Korea's characteristic is to conduct aggressive tests, such as a mobile checkup by a medical checkup team that visits a suspect's home.

As the drive-through inspection became a hot topic, it was introduced by countries, but recently, it introduced the work-through inspection method.

In the early stages of the spread of the infection, the newspaper added that the authorities devised a system to differentiate between severely and mildly ill patients after the patient who was waiting at home died due to a lack of beds.

Yesterday, the Asahi Shimbun also reported on Korea's response to Corona 19, saying that Korea's faithful inspection, follow-up, and treatment prevented the medical collapse.

The newspaper said health authorities were able to use the card records and mobile phone location information system (GPS) records to specify the path of the infected person within 10 minutes.

In addition, unlike the United States or Europe, the authorities did not prohibit going out, but it was evaluated that it helped prevent the spread of infection by preventing people from voluntarily going out.

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