Instead of imposing a nationwide lockdown, South Korea enabled itself to better manage the Covid-19 pandemic with different, effective and systematic strategies and received applause from the world.
Korean authorities eminently launched rapid, aggressive and unprecedented alternative approaches: extensive testing of the contacts of confirmed cases, tracing for those potentially exposed to the virus with the means of credit card activity, surveillance camera footage and mobile phone tracking, packing infected cases and contacts in mandatory quarantine, advising the public to stay home, restricting public events, maintaining social distance and wearing masks when going outside, and following good hygiene practices.
