Thread by @HannahNamMD

031020 South Korea's daily positive case load for #COVID2019 has finally fallen into the 100s.

Here's a photo log/thread of the aggressive social distancing measures that were taken to get to this point. /1

Source:
m.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/2020…

The ever innovative drive thru testing centers. /2

Physical barriers in high areas of contact and proximity.

Government facilities, banks, etc. /3

Disposable chopsticks for elevator buttons. Sanitize hands, grab a chopstick, press the buttons you need, then dispose the chopstick. /4

Large and difficult to reach public areas are sterilized with drones. /5

Triage by texting/calling is required before visiting any #COVID19 testing facility. This is to decrease contact of low risk groups with those at moderate to high risk. /6

The multiple innovative self-developed apps. Early on in the epidemic, apps showing locations where positive patients had visited were popular.

The pic is my personal fave, an app showing you which locations still have facemasks 😷 left in real time. /7

And the last one breaks my heart 💔

Medical personnel using bandaids and padding in areas of high contact with goggles and masks to prevent chafing. /8

And last.

Thank you to everyone at the @KoreaCDC for working so tirelessly. /9

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#질병본부_화이팅

And emergency widespread text updates (like an amber alert) that tell you if a #COVID19 positive patient was diagnosed nearby. No PHI given, only the time/locations and possible contacts of the pt in the past 48-72 hrs. /10