文대통령 WHA 기조연설 현직 韓대통령으로는 처음... K-방역 국제표준화 시동<br /><br />President Moon Jae-in is set to become the first sitting South Korean president to make a keynote speech at the World Health Assembly in less than an hour from now.<br />His speech tonight will serve as an opportunity for South Korea to share with the rest of the world its COVID-19 prevention model based on preemptive testing and detailed contact tracing.<br />Oh Jung-hee reports.<br />The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization.<br />Attended by delegations from all WHO member states, the annual meeting determines WHO policies, reviews its budget, and most importantly, discusses a specific health agenda set by the Executive Board.<br />For this year, the topic is, unsurprisingly, the global COVID-19 pandemic.<br />Speaking to President Moon over the phone in early April, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom asked President Moon to be the keynote speaker for this year's World Health Assembly.<br />He praised Seoul's COVID-19 response and stressed that it's important for Moon to share South Korea's experience in tackling COVID-19... and encourage a comprehensive approach to deal with the outbreak.<br />It's the first time that a sitting South Korean President will deliver a keynote speech at the World Health Assembly.<br />President Kim Dae-jung spoke at the venue in 2004, but that was as a former president.<br />President Moon's keynote speech at the WHA is a good opportunity for South Korea to promote its so-called "K-Quarantine" model.<br />It's based on swift and aggressive testing, detailed contact tracing, quarantine and treatment.<br />Seoul hopes to make it a new international standard that can be used by other countries when dealing with epidemics.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.<br />
