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@techreport{Dighe:2020:10.25561/79388,
author = {Dighe, A and Cattarino, L and Cuomo-Dannenburg, G and Skarp, J and Imai, N and Bhatia, S and Gaythorpe, K and Ainslie, K and Baguelin, M and Bhatt, S and Boonyasiri, A and Boyd, O and Brazeau, N and Charles, G and Cooper, L and Coupland, H and Cucunuba, Perez Z and Djaafara, A and Dorigatti, I and Eales, O and Eaton, J and van, Elsland S and Ferreira, Do Nascimento F and Fitzjohn, R and Flaxman, S and Fraser, K and Geidelberg, L and Green, W and Hallett, T and Hamlet, A and Hauck, K and Haw, D and Hinsley, W and Jeffrey, B and Knock, E and Laydon, D and Lees, J and Mellan, T and Mishra, S and Nedjati, Gilani G and Nouvellet, P and Okell, L and Parag, K and Pons, Salort M and Ragonnet-Cronin, M and Thompson, H and Unwin, H and Verity, R and Whittaker, C and Whittles, L and Xi, X and Ghani, A and Donnelly, C and Ferguson, N and Riley, S},
doi = {10.25561/79388},
title = {Report 25: Response to COVID-19 in South Korea and implications for lifting stringent interventions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.25561/79388},
year = {2020}
}

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TY  - RPRT
AB  - While South Korea experienced a sharp growth in COVID-19 cases early in the global pandemic, it has since rapidly reduced rates of infection and now maintains low numbers of daily new cases. Despite using less stringent “lockdown” measures than other affected countries, strong social distancing measures have been advised in high incidence areas and a 38% national decrease in movement occurred voluntarily between February 24th - March 1st. Suspected and confirmed cases were isolated quickly even during the rapid expansion of the epidemic and identification of the Shincheonji cluster. South Korea swiftly scaled up testing capacity and was able to maintain case-based interventions throughout. However, individual case-based contact tracing, not associated with a specific cluster, was a relatively minor aspect of their control program, with cluster investigations accounting for a far higher proportion of cases: the underlying epidemic was driven by a series of linked clusters, with 48% of all cases in the Shincheonji cluster and 20% in other clusters. Case-based contacts currently account for only 11% of total cases. The high volume of testing and low number of deaths suggests that South Korea experienced a small epidemic of infections relative to other countries. Therefore, caution is needed in attempting to duplicate the South Korean response in settings with larger more generalized epidemics. Finding, testing and isolating cases that are linked to clusters may be more difficult in such settings.
AU  - Dighe,A
AU  - Cattarino,L
AU  - Cuomo-Dannenburg,G
AU  - Skarp,J
AU  - Imai,N
AU  - Bhatia,S
AU  - Gaythorpe,K
AU  - Ainslie,K
AU  - Baguelin,M
AU  - Bhatt,S
AU  - Boonyasiri,A
AU  - Boyd,O
AU  - Brazeau,N
AU  - Charles,G
AU  - Cooper,L
AU  - Coupland,H
AU  - Cucunuba,Perez Z
AU  - Djaafara,A
AU  - Dorigatti,I
AU  - Eales,O
AU  - Eaton,J
AU  - van,Elsland S
AU  - Ferreira,Do Nascimento F
AU  - Fitzjohn,R
AU  - Flaxman,S
AU  - Fraser,K
AU  - Geidelberg,L
AU  - Green,W
AU  - Hallett,T
AU  - Hamlet,A
AU  - Hauck,K
AU  - Haw,D
AU  - Hinsley,W
AU  - Jeffrey,B
AU  - Knock,E
AU  - Laydon,D
AU  - Lees,J
AU  - Mellan,T
AU  - Mishra,S
AU  - Nedjati,Gilani G
AU  - Nouvellet,P
AU  - Okell,L
AU  - Parag,K
AU  - Pons,Salort M
AU  - Ragonnet-Cronin,M
AU  - Thompson,H
AU  - Unwin,H
AU  - Verity,R
AU  - Whittaker,C
AU  - Whittles,L
AU  - Xi,X
AU  - Ghani,A
AU  - Donnelly,C
AU  - Ferguson,N
AU  - Riley,S
DO  - 10.25561/79388
PY  - 2020///
TI  - Report 25: Response to COVID-19 in South Korea and implications for lifting stringent interventions
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.25561/79388
UR  - https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-05-29-COVID19-Report-25.pdf
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79388
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