© Provided by Xinhua SEOUL, April 26 (Xinhua) Concerns mounted here over South Korea decision to lift all anti-COVID-19 measures as the non-scientif
Concerns mounted here over South Korea's decision to lift all anti-COVID-19 measures as the "non-scientific" decision can give wrong signals that the pandemic is over.
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South Korea has reached two seemingly contradictory milestones in the COVID-19 pandemic: It recorded more than 600,000 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the most anywhere in the world, while also having one of the lowest virus death rates globally.
Anywhere else, an infection surge of this size would signal an out-of-control outbreak soon to be followed by a spike in fatalities. In South Korea, the picture is more complex.
The sky-high caseload reflects the nation’s consistent deployment of mass testing, largely abandoned by many places as COVID-19 becomes endemic. However, testing is a key factor behind South Korea’s sliding death rate, according