What is it about?
This paper presents a review of the administrative and legal measures taken by the Korean government, a discussion on the lessons learned from previous epidemics and disasters, and an overview of the government’s agile testing and containment strategies.
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Why is it important?
South Korea’s response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is marked by efficient containment of the disease. The paper ends with a discussion on the implications of Korea’s responses to public policy and public management theory.
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Extensive contact tracing, testing of all contacts, and early quarantine prevented further transmission, and such an approach might be effective in containing rapid outbreaks of COVID-19. Korea has shown its ability to respond quickly through its implementation of widespread testing and tracing after a sudden spike in the number of cases.
Professor Pan Suk Kim
Yonsei University
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This page is a summary of: South Korea’s fast response to coronavirus disease: implications on public policy and public management theory, Public Management Review, May 2020, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2020.1766266.
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