How Did South Korea Manage COVID-19 Cases?
South Korea is often cited as an international example in controlling the spread of coronavirus. In the recent issue of the Journal of American Medical Association (Vol: 323, No: 21, page 2129, June 2, 2020), the authors explained how South Korea managed to trace, track, contain the coronavirus epidemic. The methodology and outcome were so much different than how it was handled in the United States, that I thought of sharing this medical journal article with you. The authors state that the first case of COVID-19 was detected in South Korea on January 20, 2020. As of April 20th, there were 10,683 confirmed cases, 2,233 people were quarantined or hospitalized, and 237 deaths. According to the press accounts, the first USA confirmed case in the USA was on January 20th.The confirmed cases, and deaths as of April 20th were 749,203 and 35,793, respectively. On the per capita basis, South Korea had 2 deaths per 10 million population, vs. U.S. A’s 50 deaths per ...