COVID-19 outbreak, herd immunity formation, and future public health strategiesopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Youngtaek; Park, Yoon Hyung
- Issue Date
- Sep-2021
- Publisher
- Korean Society of Epidemiology
- Keywords
- Stringency index; Mitigation measure; COVID-19 herd immunity
- Citation
- Epidemiology and health, v.43, pp 1 - 6
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- Epidemiology and health
- Volume
- 43
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 6
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/20775
- DOI
- 10.4178/epih.e2021071
- ISSN
- 1225-3596
2092-7193
- Abstract
- In Korea, where the successful control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic have been implemented by the follow-up survey management (containment) of COVID-19-infected persons, the number of infected persons has increased rapidly, and a re-epidemic trend is emerging. The Korean government is strengthening epidemic prevention activities, such as increasing the social distance in the metropolitan area to four levels and increasing the vaccination rate. The public has been complaining of dissatisfaction with the atrophy of socioeconomic activities and of distrust of epidemic prevention policies. Australia started with an incidence similar to that of Korea, but its social activities are more flexible than those of Korea, where the incidence is maintained at approximately 0.1 per 100,000 people. In comparing the differences between both countries in terms of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker Stringency Index, it was found that Australia effectively regulates the number of infected cases by high-intensity intermittent mitigation and the subsequent allowance of social activities. Korea has also recommended a high-intensity intermittent mitigation policy as in Australia until community herd immunity via vaccination is formed.
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