코로나19 정부 합동 외신 브리핑<br /><br />Nearly 6 months have passed since South Korea saw its very first case of COVID-19.<br />To explain how the country handled the outbreak, the government held another briefing for the foreign press.<br />The authorities stressed... that advanced technology to test and track patients and quarantine measures for new arrivals helped manage the situation.<br />Our Kim Sung-min has the highlights.<br />South Korea's briefing for foreign press on Friday focused on two aspects: updates on the country's 6-month long journey in battling COVID-19...and the countermeasures taken throughout that process.<br />While the country encountered two major cluster infections linked to a specific religious group and popular nightlife area, the government succeeded in quickly flattening the curve.<br />Now, the country's daily confirmed cases has stayed below one-hundred..,most of which have been imported cases.<br />"...domestic cases seem to be in gradual decline and under control. At the KCDC Headquarters, we believe this to be a result of the hard work and organic collaboration between the public, the healthcare professionals, and the government."<br />As part of a strategy to flatten the curve, epidemiological investigation using Korea's advanced information and communications technology played a huge role..., along with enforcing strict social distancing measures.<br />While being able to track the path of an infected person in just an hour, the government says that people's privacy was also a top priority.<br />In terms of imported cases, Korea has taken various measures like the Special Entry Procedure for incoming international travelers.<br />Also, in order to effectively contain imported cases, the country imposed travel restrictions in four stages by looking at COVID-19 infection trends of other countries.<br />Thanks to these measures, many cases are being detected at quarantine checkpoints while asymptomatic patients go through a two-week quarantine period.<br />In terms of vaccine development, KCDC vice head Kwon Jun-wook put safety and effectiveness as the top priorities.<br />He also added that the country is concentrating its efforts into the development of a vaccine by supporting various related research.<br />Kim Sung-min, Arirang News<br />
