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http://dx.doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2021.31.3.241

Coexisting with the Coronavirus, How to Prepare for It  

Lee, Sun-Hee (Health Policy and Management)
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Health Policy and Management / v.31, no.3, 2021 , pp. 241-243 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the increase in vaccinations worldwide, the world is facing the era of coexisting with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The government announced that it will change its focus of public health emergency response system, gradually toward daily recovery from November. Hence, this article reviews an overview of policy tasks to prepare for the era of coexistence with COVID-19. The three key policies that should be considered are as follow: (1) vaccination should be administered promptly to improve the immunity of the target population; (2) the government should advance the medical capability for critically ill patients and reorganize the patient delivery system; and (3) epidemiological surveillance system should be reformed in a direction to raise the social capacity.
Keywords
COVID-19; Coexisting with COVID-19; Policy agenda;
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