Public Health Emergency and Crisis Management: Case Study of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak
Public Health Emergency and Crisis Management: Case Study of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph17113984
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
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Hur, Joon-Young
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作者：
Choi, Hemin;Cho, Wonhyuk;Hur, Joon-Young
SARS-CoV-2大流行造成了前所未有的公共卫生危机，给人类带来了巨大的冲击。由于这种病毒的健康后果在很大程度上不得而知，全球各地的不同卫生系统都在寻求各种危机管理的途径。韩国很早就受到这种病毒的困扰，曾经是世界上第二大疫情最严重的国家。韩国的一系列措施，如大规模诊断检测和基于技术的全面接触者追踪，在公共卫生专家和医疗专业人员中引发了辩论。这一案例研究描述了韩国SARS-CoV-2热点地区(如宗教教派、呼叫中心、物流设施和夜总会)的主要聚集性传播，并就韩国公共卫生当局如何应对最初的病毒爆发和经济重新开放引发的新浪潮提供了初步观察。然后，我们讨论韩国的经验可以作为其他国家在大流行危机管理中制定公共卫生战略的参考。
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has caused an unparalleled public health crisis, delivering an immense shock to humanity. With the virus's health consequences largely unknown, different health systems around the globe have pursued various avenues of crisis management. South Korea, troubled early by the virus, was once the second most affected nation in the world. Arrays of measures in South Korea, such as large-scale diagnostic testing and technology-based comprehensive contact tracing, have brought about debates among public health experts and medical professionals. This case study describes the major cluster transmissions in SARS-CoV-2 hotspots in South Korea (such as a religious sect, a call center, logistics facilities, and nightclubs) and offers early observations on how South Korean public health authorities acted in response to the initial outbreak of the virus and to the new waves prompted by re-opening economies. We then discuss the way in which South Korea's experience can act as a reference for shaping other countries' public health strategies in pandemic crisis management.