Figure 1The number of antiviral treatments that governments have stockpiled or intend to stockpile. Note. From “Korea Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan,” 2012.
Figure 2The status of national designated biocontainment units to care for patients in Korea (as of August 2013).
Figure 3Response strategies for emerging infectious diseases.
Table 1National disaster phase in Korea
Phase |
Situation |
Actions |
Attention |
• Emerging infectious disease from abroad
• Occurrence of infections of unknown cause in the country
• Forecast for typhoon and rainfall
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Monitoring and preparedness |
Caution |
• Domestic flows of global emerging infectious diseases
• World Health Organization issued a warning of infectious disease
• Occurring newly re-emerging infectious disease in the country
• Occurring waterborne infectious disease in the large-scale flooding area
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Operating cooperation system |
Alert |
• Spreading to other areas of emerging infectious disease from abroad after entering the domestic area
• Spreading to other areas of newly re-emerging infectious disease in the country
• Spreading to other areas of waterborne infectious disease
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Operating response system |
Severe |
• Signs of emerging infectious disease from abroad spreads nationwide
• Signs of newly emerging infectious disease in the country spreads nationwide
• Signs of re-emerging infectious disease in the country spreads nationwide
• Signs of waterborne infectious disease spreads nationwide
• Sign of disease spreads nationwide. Massive and simultaneous occurrence of infectious disease in the noncontiguous areas, more than 3 provinces or cities
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Mobilization of response capabilities |
Table 2The composition and role of Central Human Infection Countermeasure Squad by an emerging infectious disease
Divisions |
Roles |
Public Health Crisis Response |
• Operating central task force for human infection by emerging infectious disease
• Monitoring domestic and foreign patient occurrence and daily reporting
• Allocating designated national base hospital
• Storing and allocating antiviral agents and personal protective equipment
• Distributing promotional materials to people and homepage updating
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Infectious disease control |
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Quarantine support |
• Notice a situation to 13 quarantines
• Fever surveillance and health check for arrivals
• Identifying current status of quarantine measures
• Promotion of disease information for international travelers
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Infectious disease surveillance |
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Epidemic intelligence service |
• Operating central epidemic intelligence service team and instructing local epidemic intelligence team
• Analysis of epidemic features of domestic epidemic infection by searching for source and route of infection
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Influenza virus & Respiratory virus |
• Laboratory confirmative test
• Virus isolation and genetic analysis
• Setting a standard test method for Institute of Health and Environment
• Technical support for other test
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Vaccine preventable disease |
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Human blood safety surveillance |
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Table 3Long-term challenges of the program on public health crisis and response
Division |
Classification |
Business challenge |
Risk Assessment |
Building system |
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Education and training |
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Risk Communication |
Communication |
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Risk Management |
Initial response |
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Public health measure |
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Evaluation Monitoring |
Monitoring and evaluation |
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Table 4Exercise and evaluation field
Division |
Detailed contents |
Organization of response team |
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Management of medical resources |
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Patient care, operation of designated national isolation hospital and district general hospitals |
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Public health measures for local community |
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Surveillance and quarantine |
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Public communication |
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Correct information delivery |
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