Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus disease-19: Summary of 2,370 Contact Investigations of the First 30 Cases in the Republic of Korea

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  • The study highlights the critical role of contact tracing to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in the early phase in Korea and lists various measures used to complete the contact tracing (i.e. tracking the history of clinic visits, GPS of the cell phones and credit card transaction log). 

Korea CDC (Mar 15, 2020). Coronavirus disease-19: Summary of 2,370 Contact Investigations of the First 30 Cases in the Republic of Korea. Pre-print downloaded Mar 19 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036350