Open AccessCOVID-19 in South Korea: Proper Timing for Easing Mask Mandates After COVID-19 Vaccination
Author(s) -
Yun-Jung Kang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.492
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1938-744X
pISSN - 1935-7893
DOI - 10.1017/dmp.2021.258
Subject(s) - covid-19 , vaccination , case fatality rate , medicine , social distance , coronavirus , agency (philosophy) , infection control , epidemic control , disease control , environmental health , medical emergency , disease , intensive care medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , population , philosophy , epistemology , pathology
As of July 25, 2021, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 1,422 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, 188,848 total cases, and 2,073 total deaths (1.10% fatality rates). Since the first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) case was reported, efforts to find a treatment and vaccine against COVID-19 have been widespread.