Difference between revisions of "COVID-19 Data in South Korea"
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In 2019, it was reported that 95% of the South Korean population owns a smartphone. <ref> 95% of South Koreans own smartphone: Data. TheKoreaTimes. (2019, February 6). Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2019/02/133_263177.html</ref> While the remaining 5% have a mobile phone. It is predicted that the usage of smartphones will increase to 97.4% by 2025. <ref> Yoon, J. S. (2021, March 5). South Korea smartphone penetration (share of population) 2015-2025. Statista. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321408/smartphone-user-penetration-in-south-korea/</ref> While South Korea's smartphone ownership is the highest percentage in the world, there is still a generational digital gap. 29.2% of people between the ages of 60 to 69 know how to use smartphone apps and the most common feature of the smartphone that they use is calling and checking the time, while 100% of people between the ages of 30 to 39 use the internet on their smartphones. <ref> Lee, J. Y. (2020, August 6). The South Koreans left behind in a contact-free society. BBC Worklife. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200803-south-korea-contact-free-untact-society-after-coronavirus</ref> This causes a generational digital gap between the younger generation and older generation. The younger generation has more access to technology and apps thus having more information to navigate through the pandemic. During the early stages of the pandemic when masks were scarce, the younger generation found masks much faster and effectively than the older generation as they used the mask finding app, such as the mask finding app made by Goodoc or Naver. <ref name = “maskapp”> Jeong-yeo, L. (2020, March 13). [news in Focus] apps show mask inventory for nearby locations in Real time. The Korea Herald. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200313000739</ref> The mask finding app allows people to check the stock of masks in real-time, so they would minimize time walking from one pharmacy to another pharmacy and directly asking the pharmacist if they have masks left. The South Korean government knew that this will be an issue, so they allowed family members to obtain masks for their elderly parents, but they must be over the age of 80 and need to show proof of family relations on another Gov24 mobile app. <ref name = “maskapp” /> | In 2019, it was reported that 95% of the South Korean population owns a smartphone. <ref> 95% of South Koreans own smartphone: Data. TheKoreaTimes. (2019, February 6). Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2019/02/133_263177.html</ref> While the remaining 5% have a mobile phone. It is predicted that the usage of smartphones will increase to 97.4% by 2025. <ref> Yoon, J. S. (2021, March 5). South Korea smartphone penetration (share of population) 2015-2025. Statista. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321408/smartphone-user-penetration-in-south-korea/</ref> While South Korea's smartphone ownership is the highest percentage in the world, there is still a generational digital gap. 29.2% of people between the ages of 60 to 69 know how to use smartphone apps and the most common feature of the smartphone that they use is calling and checking the time, while 100% of people between the ages of 30 to 39 use the internet on their smartphones. <ref> Lee, J. Y. (2020, August 6). The South Koreans left behind in a contact-free society. BBC Worklife. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200803-south-korea-contact-free-untact-society-after-coronavirus</ref> This causes a generational digital gap between the younger generation and older generation. The younger generation has more access to technology and apps thus having more information to navigate through the pandemic. During the early stages of the pandemic when masks were scarce, the younger generation found masks much faster and effectively than the older generation as they used the mask finding app, such as the mask finding app made by Goodoc or Naver. <ref name = “maskapp”> Jeong-yeo, L. (2020, March 13). [news in Focus] apps show mask inventory for nearby locations in Real time. The Korea Herald. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200313000739</ref> The mask finding app allows people to check the stock of masks in real-time, so they would minimize time walking from one pharmacy to another pharmacy and directly asking the pharmacist if they have masks left. The South Korean government knew that this will be an issue, so they allowed family members to obtain masks for their elderly parents, but they must be over the age of 80 and need to show proof of family relations on another Gov24 mobile app. <ref name = “maskapp” /> | ||
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==COVID-19 Vaccine Data== | ==COVID-19 Vaccine Data== | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 7 April 2022
South Korea had an effective plan to tackle COVID-19 with testing and screenings.[1] South Korea
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Contents
Background
Government Tracking in South Korea pre-COVID-19
How South Korea tackled COVID-19
COVID-19 Masks
COVID-19 Tracing Data
COVID-19 Tracking Background
COVID-19 Testing
Digital Generational Gap
Divide between Phones and No Phones
In 2019, it was reported that 95% of the South Korean population owns a smartphone. [3] While the remaining 5% have a mobile phone. It is predicted that the usage of smartphones will increase to 97.4% by 2025. [4] While South Korea's smartphone ownership is the highest percentage in the world, there is still a generational digital gap. 29.2% of people between the ages of 60 to 69 know how to use smartphone apps and the most common feature of the smartphone that they use is calling and checking the time, while 100% of people between the ages of 30 to 39 use the internet on their smartphones. [5] This causes a generational digital gap between the younger generation and older generation. The younger generation has more access to technology and apps thus having more information to navigate through the pandemic. During the early stages of the pandemic when masks were scarce, the younger generation found masks much faster and effectively than the older generation as they used the mask finding app, such as the mask finding app made by Goodoc or Naver. [6] The mask finding app allows people to check the stock of masks in real-time, so they would minimize time walking from one pharmacy to another pharmacy and directly asking the pharmacist if they have masks left. The South Korean government knew that this will be an issue, so they allowed family members to obtain masks for their elderly parents, but they must be over the age of 80 and need to show proof of family relations on another Gov24 mobile app. [6]
COVID-19 Government Messages
As the older generation used their smartphones as cell phones and other minority groups, like people with disabilities, have limited physical boundaries to smartphones are unable to receive information and causing them to become more vulnerable, especially during the pandemic when information is vital. [6] One way that South Korean citizens get COVID-19 related information is through COVID-10 government alert messages.
COVID-19 Vaccine Data
Complications
Booster Controversy
COVID-19 Quarantine App
COVID-19 Disinformation
- ↑ Kim, J.-H., Ah-Reum An, J., & Oh, S. J. J. (2021, March 5). Emerging COVID-19 success story: South Korea learned the lessons of MERS. Our World in Data. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://ourworldindata.org/covid-exemplar-south-korea
- ↑ Shuren, J., & Stenzel, T. (2021, May 25). South Korea's implementation of a COVID-19 national testing strategy: Health Affairs Forefront. Health Affairs. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20210521.255232/full/
- ↑ 95% of South Koreans own smartphone: Data. TheKoreaTimes. (2019, February 6). Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2019/02/133_263177.html
- ↑ Yoon, J. S. (2021, March 5). South Korea smartphone penetration (share of population) 2015-2025. Statista. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321408/smartphone-user-penetration-in-south-korea/
- ↑ Lee, J. Y. (2020, August 6). The South Koreans left behind in a contact-free society. BBC Worklife. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200803-south-korea-contact-free-untact-society-after-coronavirus
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jeong-yeo, L. (2020, March 13). [news in Focus] apps show mask inventory for nearby locations in Real time. The Korea Herald. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200313000739
