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Coronavirus: in South Korea, exceptional mobilization is bearing fruit

2020-03-13T18:46:31.794Z


STORY - Technology, large-scale testing, transparency, and mobilization of residents are the ingredients of the voluntarist strategy adopted by the country to stem the epidemic.


Smartphones vibrate in unison in the passenger compartment of the whirling bus, and immediately the eyes as a loophole protruding from the masks dive towards the screens. A new patient has just been tested positive for coronavirus in the posh district of Hannam-dong, nestled in the heart of Seoul, announced a notification from the municipality, this March 12. Like a single man, everyone anxiously consults the patient's detailed itinerary for fear of having crossed paths in recent days.

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This 35-year-old Pole returned from a trip to Europe, took the fast train connecting the international airport to the South Korean capital on March 10 at around 9:30 a.m., before going to the convenience store and going rest in the afternoon at home, reveal the data published by the health authorities. Around 6 p.m. the man goes to dine at the Pizzeria d'Buzza before going to the nearby mini-market an hour later. "I'm a little scared because I went to a cafe across the street at the time," says Sohyun,

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Source: lefigaro

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