This is a city in south korea just north of the countrys capital seoul. Is on his way to an appointment. With her youre here for a test and there yes this is for you to read it. And these are to wiped out anything in the car youve touched with your hands on it. This drive through testing size has been set up on a parking lot people are processed here without having to leave their cars. Although the 1st step is to fill out a questionnaire. When the internet i have a list any travelling ive done recently on the symptoms that i have to agree on one through your have you been to china or if youre upset or any other country affected by that had to make in the past 2 weeks and he called. Thanks sore throat chills shortness of breath or other respiratory issues no more than usual. Him being sued felt a little feverish this morning so he decided to get himself tested. At the next stop is temperatures taken. It says 37. 5 mel the other side. Is the 7. 5 kind of high and just slightly elevated this side is 37. 2 you. Please proceed to the next station. Thank you. Awful straight ahead or. At the 3rd stop the doctor is waiting he too is dressed in protective gear. And the. Temperature is a little of a tit on and. So wed like to get a swab sample. Thats done at yes another station. This may feel a little uncomfortable. Just to warn you it goes into the mind. And now you know what wrote i say. Thats all thank you all you will get the results within 2 days it usually takes just one do not leave your home until you hear from us if you live with others isolate yourself as much as possible without home for the result you will be notified by text message ok im down. Here. Or. Going to get sick while it is expected to swap to be so deep. Kim kyong sue is just one of hundreds of thousands of koreans who have been tested while in a car anyone can get tested and its free to those with even the slightest sometimes otherwise it costs the equivalent of 150 euros. The south korean government views mass testing as key to controlling the spread of the covert virus that allows the country to isolate and treat infected persons early on. This policy which differs from those in most western countries has enabled south korea to largely contain the virus. China where the new virus 1st appeared in december 2019 also seems to be making strides its used every means possible to stem the disease and who both province and in the rest of the country unprecedented controls were imposed on the people even by Chinese Standards in the meantime the number of new cases has dropped significantly on taiwan which china considers a renegade province the virus was successfully staved off before it could have a big impact millions of masks were produced at short notice like in south korea taiwan has demonstrated that even in a democracy it is possible to impede the spread of infection. Initially japan dealt with the pandemic quite differently. It chose not to impose any restrictions or quarantine measures. This report takes a closer look at how 4 Different Countries in asia are handling the current pandemic. Jim Young Solutions as herself korea is relying on the latest technology to help keep the batteries from spreading. In japan constant asimo observes how the populations Natural Inclination toward social distancing due to politeness may be working in its favor in their using zipper still on a basic and his family spent 2 months and self isolation with chinas drastic measures appearing to have paid off he was able to leave the confines of his apartment and anti one lucy about was launched discovered how the country relies on the united effort of its people. In times of crises like this. After the initial outbreak in china asian tourists were regarded with suspicion in much of europe now its the other way round china has closed its borders to europeans having been the starting point of the epidemic asia and i now offer the solution. We begin our investigation in china where the epidemic 1st began in december 29th. Sebastiaan it is a french journalist has been living in beijing for 10 years. Its been mandatory to wear a mask in public for the past 2 months. And now the gloves. Until recently it was only possible to get out once or twice a week its like suiting up for combat. To do. Lets go but. The guy says. There is your stuff normally we would leave the housing complex this way this cage is just 50 metres from the door but its closed off. Miles. Because you just its easy difficult to pass parcels over the barrier. Is going on because you know you know its you dont know you dont know how to walk all the way across the housing complex. Constantly under surveillance. There are cameras everywhere. Its best not to circumvent the checkpoints or guard posts. Otherwise youll be reported. Residents must have permission to leave their homes local communist Party Committees have set up guard posts at all the Housing Estates theyre manned 24 hours a day. Here in front of the housing complex they have put up shelving for all the deliveries. Every package has to be picked up here. But they are really high larp. And was fairly well known on the Livery Service is a really popular in china. And even more so now because most stores are closed. Taiwan is about 150 kilometers off the coast of china. This island state of 24000000 inhabitants has done a good job of protecting itself from the epidemic since the communist takeover of Mainland China in 1949 taiwan has sought to operate independently of its big brother which is both the islands biggest enemy and its largest trading partner. 1000000 taiwanese work in Mainland China. Lucy burgers on a french journalist move to the capital taipei a few months ago with the help of her time in these roommates shes learning a lot about the country and its customs and claire on the social media there is a dog that give you advice ok you tell me more about it yes so this shiva dog is a very lovely character thats been put up by the ministry of health and welfare to let the public know what we should do so this is on social media and it tells us for example how we must wash our hands as often as possible. This shiba inu called son jai is the spokes dog for the Taiwanese Ministry of health the government is using a range of digital mascots to tell the public how to manage. Good hygiene the Campaign Began in early december no other country reacted as swiftly at that point beijing was still trying hard to play down the situation. It was also in december that taiwan began imposing quarantine on people arriving from the epicenter of the epidemic a few weeks later it closed its borders completely to over sitters from china at the same time the country started mass producing protective masks making them available to every citizen. They have how long have you been waiting in this q. Happen hour as long as you have your idea you can buy masks at a party once a week you need your id. Oh yes and if you bring their id you can also buy masks for other people who are unable to do it themselves. You agree masks are weak for adult and 5 per child. This is tim is fair affordable masks available to everyone and the drug stores arent allowed to raise the price. In order to ensure masks are available to the whole population the government mobilized the entire industrial sector this was permitted to film in one of the largest factories. Ringback what we do off of. This is over here at one of the cleanest factories in taiwan. She 1st has to pass through several air locks. The air in the factory is checked for bacteria several times a day since the end of 2019 these production lines have been operating at full capacity you have a close shave for you both of you is that a must and every day we have a 700 holden here if you. Must it will be. Full of dogs. To ensure production runs smoothly the time of these government supplies factories with of all materials soldiers have also been trained as backup manpower that enables taiwan to produce 10000000 masks a day for its population of 24000000. But the companies are under a lot of pressure a Police Officer might stop by at any moment i dont know where nobody wanted out the. Thought that the police they were checked and yeah. They directed doesnt appear shocked by this very strict supervision help us a lot its a century or so journalists and shooters police to go up to the government couple so help to specify terri can you know but do it in a mask very comfortable. While other countries will still to zing to ignore the coronavirus taiwan was already planning ahead. In the meantime its now producing masks for export theres no shortage of them in taiwan. Its just an hours flight from taiwan to solve south korea. Kim jong soon lives in an apartment in a suburb of the capital 24 hours have passed since he was tested folk over at 19 and hes still waiting to hear the result. Of divisiveness all funky checking my phone i should have received the message by now with the rules and there it is the test was negative so i have to admit im relieved now i can go back to work. Where company inc imbuing suit is city hall to learn more about how the mass screenings are organized. But there are still a few extra steps to take before we can really enter the building. Look theres a disinfection both. Once inside the procedure continues temperature control. Anyone measuring more than 37. 00 is taken aside. From the cause of that in this case well have to take her to a Testing Center to find out whether or not shes infected. The buildings interior is constantly being disinfected that it allows the minister bill services to function without interruption going on is mayor was the 1st to set up a Testing Center for citizens. Just as everywhere else here in south korea there are areas with higher and lower numbers of infection but because we test everybody those who test positive arise related untreated quickly and thats why weve had fewer deaths we chose not to impose restrictions on movement and that i was the greatest challenge. So as not to leave anything to chance streets public transport and open spaces are continuously disinfected. Bottles of hand sanitizer. As there have also been placed countless intersections. Just a 1000 kilometers away in japan its a very different story no drastic measures were taken to prevent the spread of the virus. Constantines in moore and his family came to tokyo 2 years ago. Yet in one hour of homework and then you can watch a video ok. Ill give you a tour of the apartment it will give us things are a little complicated at the moment because the kids have been here at home for a month everything happened here quite a while before it hit europe on the 7th of april a state of emergency was declared in tokyo and since other prefect is citizens were requested to work from home and avoid going out until that point only schools have been closed my eyes why arent you at school because of work. For a long while japanese authorities took a lax approach saying that the rate of infection in japan was slow but the virus has since spread all over the country that was up well its just and here in japan is that theres no sense of panic or worry. Theres a kind of japanese composure thats almost trouble at times. Theres not much testing its not clear why the government isnt doing more testing the game that makes you wonder whether the buyer is really isnt spreading or if the government is hiding something. We didnt want to say the Olympic Games because thats what i thought at 1st is that you know we know that the games have been postponed. Because you could even saw the mysterious. It is you would feel guilty. What i. Understand up with. That i decided not to mass test its population. The mood here is relaxed except when it comes to toilet paper. We. Are the only school one of the biggest problem so far has been the supply of toilet paper that there isnt much available in japan and we didnt plan ahead. As you can see we havent got much in reserve. When we run out well have to rely on japanese technology. Will have to figure out which one of these buttons turns on the water jet ill do that later when im alone. Japan has plenty of experience when it comes to handling crisis situations like fukushima and 2011 perhaps thats one reason why many japanese have been taking the coronavirus in this stride until the end of march the streets of tokyo with just as busy as ever. Sure we are at tokyos famous ship we are crossing and honestly its just like it always is. Constant tells him oh it is a regular at ruby ridge bar in this particular district while he and others dons the nicer way in early april most of europe was in government imposed lockdown. I see a lot of people wearing face masks but i cant be bothered i dont think its necessary. Here people are more worried about getting the flu than the corona virus that only infects old people. And. Whats behind this seemingly back of concern this young woman thinks its her generations duty to carry on. As usual. Thats right there wont be a vaccine for another 6 months to a year where young people have to go out to keep the economy going. We all experienced what it was like after the earthquake in fukushima on march 27th it was really really depressing thats why i want to go out now. But shortly after these scenes were recorded through the room decided to close at least temporarily in no surprising infections turku is now encouraging social distancing measures like those practiced in europe or china where they have a demick 1st began. With back in beijing china where officials wearing red suits all ambanis are posted on every corner and you cant go one block without being stopped. By car or more songs were exchanged in around 160000 people are members of neighborhood committees in beijing. The son. Passed one for every 30 to 40 citizens. Would all be jocular but mr molder. They know the neighborhood you cant call them before. What it was sort of positives about. This param no more than an article is a list of follow the rules. To the books read just yes. Those who can expect to be prosecuted. Right in front of them or. These residential committees are mainly staffed by members of the Ruling Communist Party in normal times its their task to maintain political control of the population but now theyre helping with epidemic control efforts if you dont live in the neighborhood you arent allowed 3. Hours but. The 1st day on the basic was given permission to visit a Shopping Center before he enters he must give his name address and phone number if anyone on the list tests positive for corona the others who are here the same time can be informed no problem ok. In. The exhibit at least they still let us into these small streets full of cafes and bars if no ones allowed to come here they all go bankrupt so. That theres more to it than that even if the shop is open it doesnt mean that youre welcome to enter at this has along you 1st have to register by your smartphone my phone will indicate whether or not i can go in. If they have my number they can see that i havent traveled anywhere in the past 2 weeks and that i dont pose a risk. This is this is this is which the system as you can see it is really a practical system imo shops in beijing are using it because there is data system lets the hairstylist know if a customer is ill or even if they have had contact with someone else who has the virus if so he is free to refuse service 1st so if you were called clearly johnson effective way of controlling people almost where they get the information i dont know. Your thought is just need your phone number in order to tell where youve been. It may be useful for combating the epidemic but it could obviously be used in other situations too. Generated does a good job of tracking peoples movements as if you just do it who can call it the glass. At the entrance to most buildings peoples temperatures are taken as transit all in white all. Of which are just off sometimes the rest of the nuff. On the way. This sophisticated Surveillance System combines temperature readings with face recognition even when a mask is worn people can then be located via mobile tracking. Those who are ill have no chance of avoiding quarantine every shop and all public spaces are connected to the system. But actually are sort of near one who dreams and this is one fuji in st also known as beijings seans elisa revenue. Is a fairly heavily guarded at the moment. Guard on Police Vehicles roughly every 100 meters. Around who sign informs people of the precautions they must take when they go to work what they are mask wash my hands and then theres an image of a foreigner behind bars it seems i failed to tell the truth. He brought the virus back with him and didnt spend time on quarantine the foreigner belongs in jail. China has been blamed for the spread of the virus by trying to dissimulate the origin of the propagation it hasnt turned stoke to mistrust of foreignness who have for the regime become the principal menace of the epidemic if you will on the one thing are certain very few people are flying anywhere at the moment. Theres the express train to beijing is have got to go forward as more than International Air travel has been suspended. Except for flights operated by the chinese airline. These are very strictly controlled on. This train for. Foreigners are no longer allowed to enter china with the exception of diplomats otherwise the borders are completely closed and chinese citizens returning home from abroad are forced into quarantine no exceptions are made the people are taken to predesignated quarters and the police escort. Will return to taiwan where lucy baba zines has already spent several months the island nation anticipated the Coronavirus Crisis early on and in contrast to europe hardly anything to change in terms of public life once a week you see meets with a thai with me student for a Language Exchange where they practice mandarin and french. Impressed me with a new vocabulary how about corner of your house. In order to reduce the risk of infection all the public water fountains have been turned off so i think thats because when people drink the water they touch the spout with their mouths. Ok 6 hours so that makes sense i guess of all my bottle somewhere else was. Public transport on the other hand was never interrupted on this board and ill definitely wear a mask in the subway. To minimize. The deception demonstrated by the time when his has been exemplary people still have vivid memories of the czars epidemic in 2003. That was a prob