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Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
- Korea's outbreak curve starting to flatten: Fauci
- Mar 16,2020
- Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says in a March 15 interview on the ABC News of the U.S. program "This Week" Ko...
- Global media dub Korea 'role model' for COVID-19 response
- Mar 13,2020
- Reuters on March 12 compared the responses to the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy and Korea in its special report "Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal dispar...
- President Trump, US lawmakers laud Korea's response to COVID-19
- Mar 12,2020
- U.S. President Donald Trump on March 11 in his Oval Office address on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the White House said Korea's situation is improving. (Yo...
- President Moon makes surprise visit to KCDC
- Mar 12,2020
- President Moon Jae-in on March 11 visited the Central Epidemic Control (KCDC) to encourage officials there. He is pictured here on March 9 holding a meeting of his senior...
- Korea's drive-through COVID-19 screening method catches on abroad
- Mar 11,2020
- Wales on March 6 opened its first drive-through testing facility to detect the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the BBC reported. (Screen capture from BBC homepage) ...
- Arts university holds online concert amid COVID-19 outbreak
- Mar 11,2020
- Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on March 10 meets at Korea National University of Arts in Seoul the performers of an online concert sponsored by his...
- US ambassador briefed on Incheon airport screening process
- Mar 11,2020
- U.S. Ambassador to Korea Harry Harris (wearing a black mask) on March 11 is briefed on the quarantine procedure for U.S.-bound passengers at Incheon International Airport...
- Mobile apps, websites offer real-time data on COVID-19 outbreak
- Mar 10,2020
- The central and local governments are quickly sending emergency alerts on areas hit by the COVID-19 outbreak. This photo taken on March 5 shows text messages sent to resi...
- WHO commends Korea's response to COVID-19 outbreak
- Mar 10,2020
- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a March 9 news conference at his organization's headquarters in Geneva lauds Korea as a good exam...
- Gov't reports success in slowing COVID-19 outbreak
- Mar 09,2020
- Vice Health and Welfare Minister Kim Gang-lip, who is also deputy director of the Central Epidemic Control Countermeasure Headquarters under the Korean Centers for Diseas...