The German news blog Freie Welt on April 7 features an interview with Dr. Kim Woo-joo from Korea University Guro Hospital, who said wearing masks can significantly reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection. (Screen capture from Freie Welt's website)
European media have held interviews with epidemiologists in Korea on coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
AFP of France, in its April 7 article "Two South Koreans Recover From Coronavirus After Plasma Therapy," said two infected patients were cured of COVID-19 after being injected with plasma from those who recovered from the disease.
He added that large-scale clinical trials are needed to prove the therapy's effectiveness.
The German news blog Freie Welt on April 7 carried an interview with a doctor at Korea University Guro Hospital in the article "Professor Kim Woo-joo from South Korea: Wearing protective masks contributed to the success of virus control in Asia." Kim said even conventional masks can dramatically reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.
Though the U.S., Europe and the World Health Organization say wearing masks is not important, the doctor said Asia is aware of the importance of mask wearing through the MERS epidemic of 2015, adding that Korea and China have controlled COVID-19 through the widespread use of protective masks.