https://www.rfi.fr/fr/asie-pacifique/20 ... p2w6Ncj11MEvery day the queues get longer in front of the many screening centers in the South Korean capital. As the number of infections explodes, the test system has adapted, it is now necessary to have a positive self-test before having access to a PCR. But above all, the so-called three T strategy (Test, Trace, Treat) is abandoned.
Omicron changed everything
Yet it was the tracing of contact cases that enabled the country to limit deaths for two years, but Omicron made this strategy obsolete and unworkable. “It is time to introduce a new health strategy that matches the characteristics of the Omicron variant. The key to this policy is to transform our so-called 3T strategy in order to respond to the variant by effectively mobilizing our resources towards the rapid diagnosis and treatment of patients at risk. So we are limiting the number of tests and suspending epidemiological investigations in order to limit the pressure on the health system,” admits Jung Eun-kyeong, director of the Korean center for the fight against infectious diseases.
Limited severe cases
Authorities' projections predict between 130 and 000 daily infections by the end of February, but so far serious cases remain very limited, which may give South Koreans optimism. President Moon Jae-in even said that “Omicron was the last step before returning to normal life”. It remains to be seen whether the political will will correspond to the health reality.
Virtually no serious cases or mortality ... Must be said that they exceed China in rates of complete vaccination https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/co ... SR~KOR~CHN
