The parts of Asia that relaxed restrictions without a resurgence in coronavirus cases did these 3 things.
South Korea and Hong Kong successfully relaxed pandemic restrictions without having another rise in cases by data sharing, using targeted testing and contact tracing.
Couples wearing face masks amid concerns over the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walks through a market in Seoul on April 22, 2020.The tulips were blooming in Seoul and Dr. Jerome Kim was strolling in his government-issued KF-94 mask with his wife when he got a text message alerting him to a confirmed coronavirus infection in his neighborhood.
The individual, who was anonymous, had visited a local supermarket on a recent Saturday between 10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. to buy chilies, which was confirmed with CCTV footage and credit card transaction data, Kim recalled."My wife and I kind of looked at each other and said, 'well, we were there ... but on Sunday,'" he said with a laugh.
"This virus likes to find opportunities to spread and if these lockdown measures are lifted too quickly, the virus can take off," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's lead scientist on Covid-19, said Wednesday. "The only way to control and suppress this virus, this Covid-19, is to actually find [cases], quarantine those contacts, isolate the cases and it will be brought under control.
By March 31, the country had reported just 879 confirmed cases and three deaths on the island nation, according to. The virus started picking up in speed in Singapore in early April. By April 10, the number of confirmed infections more than doubled to 1,910 and it hasn't slowed since.
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